Will_Heath

Creative,

I am simply saying that if you consciously attempt to improve your tree by styling it toward an artistic end, you are practicing the same bonsai that I am. Sure, some will be better at it, some will have more talent for it, but the undeniable truth of the matter is that we are all on the same path to creating artistic bonsai.

There are still people who honestly believe the world is flat. They don't need to believe what I do (that it is round) but the truth doesn't change.

Let's try and define the debate here:

Does anyone disagree that by styling your trees, you are attempting to improve them in order to make them more visually pleasing to the eye?

Does anyone disagree that by using wire, trimming, clipping, needle plucking, candle trimming, trunk chopping, or the like, you are in fact styling the tree?

Does anyone disagree that we all want better bonsai and not simply sticks in a pot? That we want more than mallsai?

Does anyone that uses this forum come here not to learn and better their skills?

I think that unless you disagree with the above comments, we are actually talking about the same thing, the goal is better bonsai.


Will