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I am curious how others feel the U.S. in progressing, good or bad.

John
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John Dixon
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Excellent post, John.
It could take me awhile to organize my thought around the questions you have raised and the observations you've made. I can say for sure that in my 30 years of exposure to the world of bonsai, American bonsai has made tremendous strides forward.
I think we need to accept the word "bonsai" as a generic term with worldwide applicability to all styles of trees in pots, and not as a Japanese specific word that locks the user into strict adherece to "rules". After all, as I understand it, the word "bonsai" was taken from the Chinese word for artistic potted trees, "pensai".
So, my thought is briefly, that "amersai", if I may coin a word, must continue to raise the standard of technical and artistic excellence that will place it on the same level with others that are ahead of us at this time, but to whom we are slowly but inexorably catching up to.

Regards

Mike

6-May-2005	#2
mike_p bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Sep-2004 Location: South San Francisco, CA Posts: 2,028	I am curious how others feel the U.S. in progressing, good or bad. John __________________ John Dixon -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excellent post, John. It could take me awhile to organize my thought around the questions you have raised and the observations you've made. I can say for sure that in my 30 years of exposure to the world of bonsai, American bonsai has made tremendous strides forward. I think we need to accept the word "bonsai" as a generic term with worldwide applicability to all styles of trees in pots, and not as a Japanese specific word that locks the user into strict adherece to "rules". After all, as I understand it, the word "bonsai" was taken from the Chinese word for artistic potted trees, "pensai". So, my thought is briefly, that "amersai", if I may coin a word, must continue to raise the standard of technical and artistic excellence that will place it on the same level with others that are ahead of us at this time, but to whom we are slowly but inexorably catching up to. Regards Mike __________________ Bonsai is not a hobby. Bonsai is a way of life. MP@BBB Studio There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way Gautama Buddha