Still don't get it, eh?
While I'm open to other's opinions, there will probably not be much "curing" going on. The canopy will be grown out and maybe the nebari will be improved.
I think I would.
I get it... really I do. At our study groups in SoCal we would all listen to each others' opinions... and in 50% of the cases we would ignore them. However sometimes someone would suggest something that would cause you to think in a different way. It doesn't mean that one opinion is "best".Still don't get it, eh?
I would look at Ian's trees and think - I would do the same!
Though most of the time I would agree with you (in terms of a branch on the right) what I was trying to do in that virt was to create power/attention in the bend. By bringing the trunk back over the lower trunk, I am hoping to create a sense of age. "Old fat man walking down the street." The design is in balance because you visually assume the apex will be directly over the nebari. You could easily extend branches left or right, and take the design in a different direction, but right now it is pleasing (to me) because it is so balanced. But obviously the beauty of art is that everyone sees it in a different way
No, that wouldn't annoy me in the least. I do like the suggestion. Don't know if I could get that much bend though. My whole beef about the rules thing is how many people buy into the two books written 50+ years ago as the Gospel truth. In reference to the right brain/left brain post up above, people are born with a certain method of facing the world. I'm a right brain seat-of-the-pants type of guy. I'll be willing to bet that the rule- conscious left brain types are engineers, machinists, plant operators and such. They were born with a different (not better or worse) way of facing the world. I just resent the subliminal or overt ( much worse) attitude that my way is wrong. I'll not insinuate that your way is wrong if you'll (not you in particular BN) do the same for me.I get it... really I do. At our study groups in SoCal we would all listen to each others' opinions... and in 50% of the cases we would ignore them. However sometimes someone would suggest something that would cause you to think in a different way. It doesn't mean that one opinion is "best".
One of the reasons why I valued the opinion of @Si Nguyen was because he had a different aesthetic and would cause me to think outside of my design box. @ianb and I were too alike
At the risk of annoying you further... how about embracing the movement of the lower trunk with a big bend?
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Embrace it! That doesn't mean you have to except it... but seek out contradiction! After 30+ years in bonsai, I question whether I am going stale. I look at my trees and they make me happy... even in their imperfections. But when I share my trees with others they generally get better
Ah, I see it now. I do like that metaphor too.Though most of the time I would agree with you (in terms of a branch on the right) what I was trying to do in that virt was to create power/attention in the bend. By bringing the trunk back over the lower trunk, I am hoping to create a sense of age. "Old fat man walking down the street." The design is in balance because you visually assume the apex will be directly over the nebari. You could easily extend branches left or right, and take the design in a different direction, but right now it is pleasing (to me) because it is so balanced. But obviously the beauty of art is that everyone sees it in a different way
In general, inverse taper looks better. Are there exceptions, yeah. Bonsai is also evolving and changing just like most art does. Nothing is absolute.
I like what you did there
This requires a very open mind. And I like that the atmosphere in this group is as such. If I look at some of the fakebook groups.. You say anything that does not include "your tree is perfect" people cannot wait to tell you off for being unsupportive. Criticism aimed to improve is the best you can get!
You really think so?
Very good saying. Yamadori often have great perfection in imperfection. Picturesque often stunning breaking of rules
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I don't necessarily agree with this. Bonsai is as much the art of sculpture as horticulture. The three dimensional aspect of it is what really make's it an artform.
