Ab,

I think we are in agreement here. I feel that the curator of a collection
should do his or her best to maintain a bonsai in the design of the artist
who created it. I agree, however, that over time the design will evolve and
may even need to be drastically changed, whether due to normal growth on the
part of the tree, or other events that may occur.

Regards,
Roger Snipes Spokane, WA Zone 5, or maybe Zone 6.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it,
and then misapplying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx (1895-1977)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ab Demmendal"

So this means that we first and for all should
respect it as a living beiing and it natuarally changes through the years.
Art or no art if the curator responsible for Goshin wants to maintain
Goshin
the way it is intended by the creator (in my opinion the correct way ,also
a
matter of respect however now for the creator ).
As history of some old Japanese masterpieces learns us this can only be
done
for a couple of decades if correctly cared for the bonsai (as it stays
vigorous and grows on and on and pruning cannot maintain the original
shape
after that period give or take a decade).Than inevitably restyling will be
neccesary ( isn't that also one of the interesting things in bonsai? that
it's never definately finished?).At that moment the respect for the
original
creator is less important than respect for the tree and try to make it as
beautifully as possible without harming it's condition.
So if it's art or not is not that important because whether we like it or
not it is only temporarely; in the most positive situation a works of art
changes in a new works of art.

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