In a message dated 4/20/03 8:06:08 PM,
writes:
If the first branch is 6 inches from the bottom and there is
an exaggerated
downsweep of the branches it will need to be short to keep
from hitting the
ground.

Of course. That would make the first branch about 6-7 inches
long. I was
wondering if it should be as long as that, or shorter, with
more of a
literati look. See the sketches in Korashoff's book, where she
compares a
Chinese formal upright with a Japanese one.
Iris

A literati wouldn't have a branch that low, eh?

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Our life is
frittered away by detail . . . . Simplify! Simplify. -- Henry
David Thoreau - Walden

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