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Life and Death - Part 3, End of the Illusion

The tree looked more convincingly decrepit but still grew strongly in its branching and foliage. The container made of chestnut wood also became more picturesquely weathered as it aged. For a few years everything was right about this planting and it attained that golden stage of development when the illusion of timelessness seemed permanent. Then the bubble burst.

people, tree story 2Journal EntryMarch 29, 2024spring 2024

Life and Death - Part 2, Making a Statement

There is a sense of timelessness inherent in a finely crafted bonsai. When the viewer stands before such a piece, there is the illusion of a moment suspended, an impression of all that came before and all that is to come obscured as if under enchantment. It is as if the bonsai came into existence just as it is and will always remain just so.

tree story 2Journal EntryMarch 22, 2024spring 2024, year2