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[IBC] BT#84 Takagi pot comp wonderings
Good Day to All,
speaking as potter,I would say,let the pot remain separate to the tree if one is going to show off the art of the pot. Isn't this the problem with Westerners,we always want to leave our mark on the wrong aspect of something from another culture ? It's the tree[in this case]which is important and the pot must serve the tree.Not compete. I collect the YiXing pottery catalogues,where some of the finest and most innovative shapes are shown.It would be a waste of a beautiful pot to put a tree in it. I see nothing wrong with making and buying pots for their individual beauty.They do not need trees to stand on their own. It's like buying the original YiXing teapots.They need no explanation or reasoning. Obviously the greater the grace and beauty of the tree, the more you can refine the pot. Perhaps what your eyes are having problems with,is the unrefined tree in an excellent pot ? This is materialising itself as novelty,as opposed to true growth and change ???? Khaimraj [West Indies/Caribbean, the drier lands.] -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Boyd To: Date: 31 July 2003 23:43 Subject: [IBC] BT#84 Takagi pot comp wonderings From Jim L.: And then, of course, isn't it plausible that you might have a tree that sets off the POT? I know we do bonsai, but the tree doesn't have to be king all the time, does it? ------------ No, there could be a serendipitous occasion when that happens. It is the difference in mediums - bonsai is so much less flexible since a tree guides our styling with its natural form, but a pot medium is very flexible; in fact, there is nothing saying that pots are always ceramic. Lynn ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mike Page ++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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