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Chumono
I used to be an enthusiast photographer.
When I was practicing that art, there were two different issues. The technical side (learn about the tecnical characteristics of your camera, your pic development and how to use your gear in a general sense) and the artistic side (learn to appreciate the light, shape and theme)
In bonsai, I can see the technical side as the ability to grow and keep alive a tree (knwoledge on soils, watering, fertilizers,....). And you can do almost nothing if you don't master this technical side.
But in both , photography and bonsai, IMHO you can do no significative work if you have no artistic point of view.
You can learn the technical issues, but creativity and artistic sense are somehow not learnable.
When I see a tree that touchs my soul, I identify that as an artistic expression of bonsai.... when I see a healthy growing tree I can identify that as a good technical development.
I would like to be good at both, but in bonsai you can easily know if you are good on the techincal side, but you don't know if you have a real artistic sense until some years later (unlike in photography, where a poor technical knwledge person, can make instintively the best photographs)
Do you agree? What are your thoughts?
When I was practicing that art, there were two different issues. The technical side (learn about the tecnical characteristics of your camera, your pic development and how to use your gear in a general sense) and the artistic side (learn to appreciate the light, shape and theme)
In bonsai, I can see the technical side as the ability to grow and keep alive a tree (knwoledge on soils, watering, fertilizers,....). And you can do almost nothing if you don't master this technical side.
But in both , photography and bonsai, IMHO you can do no significative work if you have no artistic point of view.
You can learn the technical issues, but creativity and artistic sense are somehow not learnable.
When I see a tree that touchs my soul, I identify that as an artistic expression of bonsai.... when I see a healthy growing tree I can identify that as a good technical development.
I would like to be good at both, but in bonsai you can easily know if you are good on the techincal side, but you don't know if you have a real artistic sense until some years later (unlike in photography, where a poor technical knwledge person, can make instintively the best photographs)
Do you agree? What are your thoughts?