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I think most folks who have been doing bonsai for awhile simply internalize these two concepts and don't really talk about them--they aren't the easiest things to explain. It, unfortunately, becomes one of those things that people have to "get" over time.

The history of these views has interesting history in Japan, but also has some correlation in the west. The appreciation of spareness and starkness in the West isn't as well defined as it is in Japan, but it's been here for some time too.

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