Hello to All,
Jim,
confused,not disappointed.
When a tree dies [ a couple of years ago I had a
36 year old Sparrow Plum /Sweet Plum die],it's the
tree and all the memories that I miss.
Hence the ashing,gone but not forgotten.
Hmm,never thought about the effort part.For me
Bonsai are memories.It is after all ,all we take when
we move on .......
Trees with me tend to die very slowly,as I do every
thing I can to save it.With the sparrow plum it was
about 10 months.Why did it die.Because I didn't realise
that the Chinese just chop and not root prune.
The tree rotted beyond it's 3 roots and then the rot
encircled the last matchstick thick cambiums.
Fortunately,I took cuttings in the first year I got the
tree.
Khaimraj
[West Indies/Caribbean,
Sempre Spring Zone.]
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lewis
To:
Date: 21 May 2003 13:08
Subject: [IBC] Bonsai partnership
And Khaimraj, I'm sorry if I surprised or disappointed you, but
what are you grieving about when a tree dies? The Tree? Or all
the "wasted" effort you put into it for . . . in other words,
are you grieving for yourself?
Now, I'd be a very unhappy (and even grumpier) person without
bonsai in my life, but while I may regret when a tree I thought
was pretty dies, I don't go into mourning; I'll look at the
roots and break a limb or two in an attempt to discover what
might have been the cause, then toss the carcass into the woods.
(And yes, I'll cuss at it if it was one I'd spent a lot of time
over.) I've just gone through an exercise where I've tossed out
a couple of dozen putative bonsai that I finally saw weren't
gonna ever make it as bonsai. They had their chance. No
regrets -- on either part.
Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden
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