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Dec 10 2009 4 Comments

Bonsai banzai

The patience and perseverance required to produce, and more specifically maintain, a bonsai must be absolutely phenomenal — regardless of whether the tree in question is a genuine work of wonder or a rather more modest midget.

And yet for all their unquestionable beauty, perhaps most fascinating of all is that despite a lifetime’s work, it’s more than likely that the person who initially set out with a mere specimen won’t be around to see their creation bear fruit.

Japanese bonsai

Quite literally.

Categorized: Culture, Photography

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  1. Harri says

    12/11/2009 at 5:04 am

    That one of the coolest things I’ve seen.

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  2. Igoru says

    12/11/2009 at 12:21 pm

    pruning the tree / pruning the verse
    removing unneeded twigs / removing unneeded words
    creating bonsai / creating haiku
    ( by Dave Burke )
    Thank U, Lee.
    Soo beautiful and … unreal :O

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  3. caramelcaramelo says

    12/12/2009 at 2:19 pm

    yes! very true words. i am not fond of bonzai… seem like imprisoned trees with arthritis. but this one is magnificent. thank you. kenza

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  4. Lee says

    12/13/2009 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks for the kind words. They are much appreciated.

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