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Old 3-Jan-2005   #42
Will_Heath
 
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Originally Posted by RonMartin
I find that most people are keenly aware of what art is and want to know how to create it. They want "how to " information. They want to learn techniques more than to debate a hopeless issue.


Again, I have to disagree with you Ron, since you brought it up.

I can't say that creating art is all about techniques. You can learn to culivate bonsai with techniques and become quite good at it, however, the art comes from artistic talent + technique. You can learn techniques until you can quote, teach, demo them with your eyes closed but to use them in such a way to create art requires talent.

Art is the logical direction for bonsai, to bring a bonsai to an artistic level is the basest goal and to go in any other direction leads only to healthy potted plants.


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