Thanks. That was my point in the nutshell and the way most people look at the pictures I post of the Kazari. They look at the trees and comment about how nice they are and how they would move things around but not move them to tell a story, just move them to better show the tree, which is not the point. In most cases of all those displays I showed, all of them could have been improved by just removing an item. either the accent or the scroll, each would have showed better. None of them told a story, so best to show the best part of the three which is probably better showing two.
I'll show you a great example.
This Mendocino Pygmy Cypress grows only on the coast of Mendocino California. It may grow other places but so far we have not seen others as Bob and Zack Shimon are the only ones with access to the plants.
In this display the cypress is shown with a scroll and an accent piece. The scroll depicts sea birds in flight near a beach. Not easily seen in the photo since the tree obscures way too much of the scroll. To the left a statue, carving of a Japanese God of luck is exhibited. It is
Bishamon, the Japanese Buddhist God of warriors and the lord of wealth and treasure. What this has to do with the scene is beyond me. I would have rather seen some sand sprinkled in a pile and a brass or copper crab there rather than this carving. But they showed with what they had. I was not there for the set up and so have no idea how they did this.
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If I had been teaching this class I would have explained the merits of displaying the proper accent pieces and how to tell the story, and when stumped just remove a piece and leave it out and simplify it.
The primary scroll cloth is too loud for my taste. I am waiting to hear from a poster and tell me he made it, that will explain it. It's well made just garish.
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