I also feel this way about working on my trees and viewing others. I have tried to describe the feelings, but only suceed in convincing others that feel the same.

How many others feel like this about bonsai practice?

Kitsune Miko

Jim Dolce wrote:
For me, bonsai is not just about beauty and horticulture. From the first
bonsai I saw, there was something about these trees that touched my spirit.
And when I work with my trees, I am often filled with a sense of being that
is outside my everyday life. Its not just a communion with nature. Its
something more that I cannot readily communicate.


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Jim Dolce wrote:
For me, bonsai is not just about beauty and horticulture. From
the first
bonsai I saw, there was something about these trees that
touched my spirit.
And when I work with my trees, I am often filled with a sense
of being that
is outside my everyday life. Its not just a communion with
nature. Its
something more that I cannot readily communicate.

I also feel this way about working on my trees and viewing
others. I have tried to describe the feelings, but only succeed
in convincing others that feel the same.

How many others feel like this about bonsai practice?

Kitsune Miko

I can't imagine anyone taking up bonsai unless they don't have
some similar feeling. The kind and scope of the feeling probably
depends on your individual proclivity toward things mystical,
spiritual, or religious.

The more spiritually detached among us probably have to be
satisfied with the peacefulness that comes with working with
trees -- or just sitting out in the deep woods (on a day when the
mosquitoes aren't too thick). Ma Nature nurtures those kinds of
feelings.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The ignorant
man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the
common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of
nature. -- George Dana Bordman

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Dear IBC'ers:
You should all study the book, "Drawing on the right side of the brain". This part of the brain is the conceptual side, and if you really "get" into the joy of your Bonsai, you loose track of time. When you loose tack of time, you have found the euphoria
of the right side of the brain....


Carl L. Rosner
From: Kitsune Miko
Date: 2004/01/18 Sun AM 09:46:49 CST
To:
Subject: [IBC] Bpnsai feelings, was/Chye Tan: The Spirit of Bonsai Design

I also feel this way about working on my trees and viewing others. I have tried to describe the feelings, but only suceed in convincing others that feel the same.

How many others feel like this about bonsai practice?

Kitsune Miko
Jim Dolce wrote:
For me, bonsai is not just about beauty and horticulture. From the first
bonsai I saw, there was something about these trees that touched my spirit.
And when I work with my trees, I am often filled with a sense of being that
is outside my everyday life. Its not just a communion with nature. Its
something more that I cannot readily communicate.




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Kitsune Miko wrote:

I also feel this way about working on my trees and viewing others. I have tried to describe the feelings, but only suceed in convincing others that feel the same.

How many others feel like this about bonsai practice?

Kitsune Miko

Jim Dolce wrote:
snip
And when I work with my trees, I am often filled with a sense of being that
is outside my everyday life. Its not just a communion with nature. Its
something more that I cannot readily communicate.

For me, the way I communicate such a feeling is the tree itself. No words are needed.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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Kitsune Miko wrote:

I also feel this way about working on my trees and viewing others. I have tried to describe the feelings, but only suceed in convincing others that feel the same.

How many others feel like this about bonsai practice?

Kitsune Miko

Jim Dolce wrote:
snip
And when I work with my trees, I am often filled with a sense of being that
is outside my everyday life. Its not just a communion with nature. Its
something more that I cannot readily communicate.

For me, the way I communicate such a feeling is the tree itself. No words are needed.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

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A couple years ago I was visiting the Pacific Rim Collection in Washington
state. I really enjoyed most of the trees, and I was pleased with the
amount of trees that I felt I could (with enough time) produce similar
results. It was nice to see works that were not so lofty that I could not
strive to reach. It was very encouraging.

Near the end of the path through the exhibits, there was a conifer grove. I
was transfixed. Tears literally came to my eyes. That particular grove (I
don't know which it is at this time), was just so beautiful to me. I ended
up almost jogging back to where my wife, "Deidre, Deidre, you've gotta see
this". When I started this joyous little romp I saw some woman looking at
me, and I imagined that she thought I was quite daft. Then I noticed that
she was just smiling brightly back at me. Its a wonderful thing to
experience a joy, then be able to share it!

Sam Crowel
Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

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A couple years ago I was visiting the Pacific Rim Collection in Washington
state. I really enjoyed most of the trees, and I was pleased with the
amount of trees that I felt I could (with enough time) produce similar
results. It was nice to see works that were not so lofty that I could not
strive to reach. It was very encouraging.

Near the end of the path through the exhibits, there was a conifer grove. I
was transfixed. Tears literally came to my eyes. That particular grove (I
don't know which it is at this time), was just so beautiful to me. I ended
up almost jogging back to where my wife, "Deidre, Deidre, you've gotta see
this". When I started this joyous little romp I saw some woman looking at
me, and I imagined that she thought I was quite daft. Then I noticed that
she was just smiling brightly back at me. Its a wonderful thing to
experience a joy, then be able to share it!

Sam Crowel
Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA

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