Lot to learn from here, state of the tree here.
Welcome to Crazy!
State of the Tree Address.
See how you did a design chop, then design worries have you thinking about making more design moves to save from other design moves that were already made?
There is a superficial idea of "balance". Just kinda bullshit that maybe sounds good coming out the mouth of some tree hugging "artist" like me and that Wisconsin kid.
But this balance that is making every move one of both complete design and of complete horticulture all at once is not superficial, it's so important.
Before we cut, your chop for instance, we should consider that move as both extremely horticultural, and, if we're being completely honest (yes always) a rather "stumptual" design move as per paragraph one of this address, which clearly states that with 4 design Only moves, horticulture is flown directly out the window and set afire in the future of this tree.
Had we considered these moves before acting on them, with simple cause and effect, cause and effect reasoning, you would, because you HAVE already figured out the problem live in action, you would have found out the problem in though alone before putting us (morons on the internet) on the hook to answer this question you already know is effed....
wondering how long i should wait until i shape and clean up the rest of the branches/trunk
Which you'll be able to answer more accurately than us every day of the week, maybe just a few months of weeks further down the old "time" roadmap.
My question is.....and it's what every newb (and sadly not newb too) needs to seek the answer to....
What is it that turns this off in us? Our awareness to know we already solved the problem we just acted too fast and can't catch up.
Is it a disconnect between time and "horticulture", possibly amplified by our brains' almost constantly auto stimulated pleasure functions? Pressure Functions? Because I don't believe we had the capacity to deal with the stimulation of travelling at speeds faster than we could walk, let alone a device operating so much faster even than that. It is very full of pressure, and stresses.
"Time is Pretend"
"Balance" as the nerdy tree hugging hippie artist types rep cuz they know it's the ONE way......
Is to slowly address each one of these little cause and effects in much smaller pieces so that you could watch a time lapse of the entire 10 year creation and almost never see one move take place, because they are so subtle.
Changing the way a tree looks like this is the Ultimate in True Balance of Design AND Horticulture always at the same time, only in wee doses we never appreciate until the end.
That's gangster, NOT enjoying the Journey.
There are way better journeys to take for joy than bonsai.
People that think bonsai joy comes from the journey are folks who would ride off the back of a train letting his head bounce off tie after tie....IMO.
Do it perfect for decades and get your enjoyment for centuries in the end.
Aye, tuff to plant that tree timeline too, but that's the best thing about Bonsai IMO. It's completely unselfish nature when approached correctly. We should strive to be so connected young and old, as a community on Earth.
Sometimes somethings make this happen, a little extra crazy!
Ain't nobody "talking", we changing the world every day. Change it for the Good!
Sorce
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