Joe Dupre'
Omono
I think the scenes of bonsai in the Karate Kid were a help and a hindrance. The "help" was to actually get more people interested in bonsai. The "hindrance" was that all they saw was a wise old man trimming tiny pieces of foliage and thought that looked cool and kind of Zen. Also, if you search "bonsai" you get a lot of pictures of the best bonsai in the world and they think anyone can do that with an $8.00 procumbens from Lowe's.
I'll continue to help the ones that are serious and not hold the hands of the ones that I feel are not. No one held my hand. I drove 40 miles to see a bonsai show for several years until I finally joined the club there. Until recently, if I wanted to talk about or see bonsai............40 miles. Of course, Bnut was and is a godsend in my learning. Several months ago I met a bonsai guy less than a half mile down the road..........in rural South Louisiana...........imagine that. It would have been more likely to find someone building an igloo or something. Lol!
I'll continue to help the ones that are serious and not hold the hands of the ones that I feel are not. No one held my hand. I drove 40 miles to see a bonsai show for several years until I finally joined the club there. Until recently, if I wanted to talk about or see bonsai............40 miles. Of course, Bnut was and is a godsend in my learning. Several months ago I met a bonsai guy less than a half mile down the road..........in rural South Louisiana...........imagine that. It would have been more likely to find someone building an igloo or something. Lol!