I’m fairly new to bonsai and not quite sure what direction I should be going in with this amur maple that I picked up last year. Both photos are of the same tree, one in early spring where you can see the “bones” and the other picture taken today. I’m not sure if I should be letting it grow out to thicken the side branches or if that is something that will happen gradually over the years if I just keep pruning for ramification. I know that I need to let branches at the top grow wild and free for a while in order to heal over an ugly cut in the back where I made a rookie mistake last year. What would you do with it if it was yours?