Potential
September 12, 2008
Caretaker
If you want a tree to change direction you don’t just grab a twig and push it till it breaks. The relationship between a bonsai and it’s grower is one of complacency through boundaries. The guiding frame is rigid, the tree must grow naturally, but tamed, elongating his life, shortening it’s size. One could be think the small tree is being coerced and debilitated at will, but another view might be that it is exploring it’s potential at a smaller scale, a harmonious aesthetic balance at the hands of it’s artist caretaker. If it were not for this, the small plant could have no potential at all, because of this it is a firm and small example of perfection.
