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Originally Posted by rockm
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Mark,
This is an interesting example. Dan collects some world-class material, no two ways about it. But I don't see Dan taking these trees to the level of refinement that they need to be world-class bonsai.
And that's OK. Bonsai doesn't need to be a one-person mountains-to-kokufu endeavor. But imagine what the Japanese masters could do with this material over the course of 25 years. When we start to do that with our collected material, we'll be at the forefront of world bonsai. Thanks to a number of passionate collectors, growers, collectors, enthusiasts, and artists in the US, this will happen within my lifetime (God willing) - and I look forward to seeing it.
Finally, I am most definitely
not saying that there are no world-class bonsai coming out of the US. I am only saying that we have only begun to tap our potential, and that this room for spectacular improvement and growth should be an exciting prospect (not a depressing or degrading one) for any American bonsai enthusiast.
Best regards,
Carl