sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Sorry Mr. Know it all, your condescending 'matter of fact' tone embodies presumptuousness my friend.
In Adair's defense, you can't hear tone here, I don't think he is very proficient at typing heart into these posts, but he ain't that bad!
That said ...
it rather presumptuous to say that us in the West have figured out a better way to do bonsai than the Asians
Outside of Japanese Traditional Bonsai Standards, "better" can be true on many levels.
Monetarily alone, if a traditionally well ramified tree sells for 10k in Japan.
And a hedged tree sells for 20k in Europe.
With the same amount of overhead for each....
Better, has a new definition.
What are we basing the definition of "better" on?
This Is a ridiculous argument.
We started talking about painting didn't we?
Sure sign of a dead thread, talk of paint.
Deja Vu? Odd.
Sorce