Re: There are more lonely trees out there
</font><blockquote><font class="small">Als antwoord op:</font><hr />
I think they would have been far more interesting if they were a part of a discourse on the methodology of Bonsei(sp) and the work done in shaping trees to make all kinds of different things. From funiture to growing structures such as arbors, to many other things.
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Hy Fans, Youre right, maybe instead of deleting i could have made some serious talk about the trees involved. In that case a topic about mutulated trees by nature or with specific manmade intention has a right to be here, i think? In such an view i believe the pics are not shocking, remember most trees are on public ground and therefore the mutilations are 'public exposed'.
</font><blockquote><font class="small">Als antwoord op:</font><hr />
To focus only on what you focused on and exclude any other part of this fasinating and highly skilled art form is, to put it politely, limiting. TreeBuzz is a site dedicated to trees and the methodology in their care, so this topic is on track with TreeBuzz's stated purpose. However your (obsession?) with this paticular topic is yours alone. How about an in depth discourse on the history, major contributors to, and extraodinary examples of Bonsi large and small?
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I do post things where i want comment on. I not always give in this my own opinion at first just to see how people react on it. As Tom (as moderator) made the point that the pics were somewhat explicit about human nature, and the suggestion i made to it, i took the easy way just to delete and not to edit and argue about the ways the mutations were developt naturaly or made by human intention. A discussion about Bonsai ethics or man made tree with specific expressions should be interresting. And not neccesary just about things that represent like human bodyparts. (its not just me that is seeing this, i think all that see those pics make the same comparison.)
</font><blockquote><font class="small">Als antwoord op:</font><hr />
I dont have pictures but I remember reading about a man who permanently bent entire (huge) growing tree trunks without leaving any marks at all. He would then use them as support beams in unique building projects.
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I know a dutch grenery is modeling trees in different shapes, like bending stems into all kind of ways. Like harts, circels, etc. I will try to find some info and pics of that in my archive of magazines. Its like those Ash trees that were put together out 3 or 4 base trees and connected in to one main trunk.
</font><blockquote><font class="small">Als antwoord op:</font><hr />
ps: Bravo Tom D. thanks for the editing.
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Did Tom edit? I believe i took it upon me to modify my own posts /forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Off course if the pics and subject were offensive i also apoligize to you and others.
Rgrds Ronald