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"The magic of bonsai—the marvel and wonder of seeing a real, living tree in an unaccustomed miniature scale—is initiated by the container beneath it. Rather than just being a substitute for the earth, the container is the artistic mechanism, the human element that stages the drama.
While some folks want the container to all but disappear, or to be a very secondary character in the play, I don’t see why, in most cases, the container shouldn’t be a more active element—a true creative collaborator. And then, when it all comes together just right, as in all good theatre, we willingly surrender our disbelief." - Ron Lang |
