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Pics taken at Bonsai West in Massachusetts. Maybe I should tell them that the trees are to high for the pots? Idk people drive me crazy you should do this and that for Aesthetics when in reality I think people should be aiming for their own creativity, forget the books and what you have learned and trying to copy other people and trying to fit in cause you know that's what we all have been aiming for lets be real... I have threw most of the knowledge and eye pleasing crap out the doors, I encourage newbs and tell them one day that will be an awesome tree if it's not already. If there if one thing that erks me is bonsai "think they know it allz" iv meet a ton I just wish more people were more laid back and easy going oh well end rant.
um, be irked if you want (and threw basics and "eye pleasing crap" out the door), but you apparently aren't really "Seeing" what's going on with the pot you chose and the tree you're putting in it. Bitch all you want about how you find other people's creativity infringing on your own superiority, but this is a simple art issue. I hardly know it all, but I know a mismatched tree and pot when I see it, and I'd bet I'm not alone.
The pot you have chosen is simply not in character with the tree you have planted in it.
Notice in ALL the photos you posted that the pots are NOT DEEP OVALS. They are either flat slabs, lower rectangles or in the case of the drum pot, rustic with simple lines. And in the case of the first tree--the pot is a bit too small, but more appropriate for the tree in it.
The longer, lower profiles are used to accentuate the trees' character---long straightish lines and the use of flatter and more open proportions accentuate taller trunks. Without the added space and proportions those flatter, straighter containers provide, trees looked cramped and unstable--as yours does. Deep ovals tend to accentuate more rounded canopies and shorter trees.
The pots in your pics are MUCH longer than the pot you have chosen which gives the eye a more pleasing ratio of height to length. The pot you have chosen is not wide enough and it's too deep and heavy to provide any of that visual relief and reconciliation for the eye.
Forget the books all you want, but at least understand WHY they say what they say--they harness basic human visual cues that are mostly unconscious instinctive "instructions" for the brain that convey coherent visualization--in other words, ignoring them can make the difference between a tropical houseplant in a cramped pot and bonsai.
