PA_Penjing
Chumono
Hi everyone, I think I almost lost my marbles when this quarantine started. But it wound up being the personal time I needed to stop kidding myself and dive fully into Taoism. One of the hardest pills to swallow was wu wei, non action, or not fighting ones own nature. How could I fully embrace Taoism if I was constantly stressing out about forcing my bonsai trees into shapes and rules they weren’t easily growing toward. Root grafting, spraying mancozeb, spending lots of money and capturing squirrels was not fun for me.
This is only a hobby for me and I was holding myself to bonsai show standards. Today I’m restarting this journey as a meditative hobby/art to further my spirituality. No more pesticides and 1:6 ratios. Bring on the criss crossed branches and loud pots.
As a final note I respect authentic Japanese bonsai to the highest degree, it just wasn’t fun for me. And I almost forgot why I started all this in the first place. Thanks for reading, excited to get some photos up here when the time comes.
This is only a hobby for me and I was holding myself to bonsai show standards. Today I’m restarting this journey as a meditative hobby/art to further my spirituality. No more pesticides and 1:6 ratios. Bring on the criss crossed branches and loud pots.
As a final note I respect authentic Japanese bonsai to the highest degree, it just wasn’t fun for me. And I almost forgot why I started all this in the first place. Thanks for reading, excited to get some photos up here when the time comes.