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26-Jan-2003	#1
FredL Banned 08JUN2005 Join Date: Dec-2001 Location: Benton County Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,099	Why Bonsai? I have a conjecture: The importance of bonsai lies not so much in the development of small trees as in the development of the minds of those who care for them. Fred

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26-Jan-2003	#2
ripsgreentree bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,260	Why Bonsai The question that you pose brings this thought to mind. I have often said. "Bonsai slowed my life and thinking down to the point where God could catch me". Glenn __________________ ripsgreentree It requires an open hand to give and to recieve.

27-Jan-2003	#3
jemmick bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Ellington Country: usa USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 293	Rip and Fred, I totally agree with you both. I think there is nothing wrong w/ having perfect trees, however the calm that I feel while working on my trees is often more important to me than whether the tree is "perfect" according to the rules. I believe that bonsai should transcend the physical side and lead to an inner peace and harmony with the spiritual and natural realm. Kind Regards, Jonathan __________________ Jonathan

27-Jan-2003	#4
Leesa Leesa Join Date: Feb-2002 Location: LINCOLN, CA Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 7 8 Posts: 158	Finding that Zen place I will never forget a comment that I heard in one of my beginner classes a few years ago. "Boy - when you are used to making split second decisions all day - waiting years for this tree to be a bonsai is a welcome change!" Having said that - I think I can speak for a number of us "Type A-ers" in commenting that bonsai is teaching me patience - I just wish it would happen faster! __________________ Respectfully, Lee Sanner

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