I would say that there are certainly areas of bonsai that thrill. They
are rare and never easy, but if they were the thrill would be
diminished. They probably vary hugely from person to person and depend
on your level of interest. For me the most thrilling are styling new
material for the first time (and it actually working successfully) and
finding good yamadori material. Standing in awe in front of a real
masterpiece probably comes a close third.

Cheers

Kev Bailey
Vale Of Clwyd, North Wales

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From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf
Of SAINT
Sent: 18 October 2003 23:42
To:
Subject: [IBC] where's the thrill in bonsai?

I don't know how everyone else thinks about this, but I wouldn't say
it's
"thrilling", satisfying maybe, but thrilling?


Regards,

Leslie St. John

"BW" wrote in message
om...
Whilst searching though past articels, looking to answer this
question, I found this statement: "working with young material
provides the thrill of being able to truly control its destiny". Is
the thrill of bonsai all about power and control, or are there other
things about bonsai you've found thrilling?

You could say that I'm a thrill researcher and I'd really like to know
about your bonsai realted thrills.

I've been conducting interviews with people about their experiences at
the website www.chromo11.com.

If you've got something to say on the subject, it'd be really great if
you'd visit the site to be interviewed. You'll find a set of short,
but careully crafted questions which you can download and answer at
your leisure.

Thanks

Brendan
email: thrill@chromo11[dot]com
web: www.chromo11.com

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