Old School? New School? Or Just Lazy? 6/12/10

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I found this monster on facebook. It was posted by Miano Vito. Actually, the photo I found is below; this is my cropped version.

A few questions, but nothing personal
1. Cigarette pack? I think this method for revealing scale originated in Japan back in the neolithic era.
2. Why didn’t he take five minutes to clean the filthy pot? Just lazy, or am I missing something?
3. Is this a Phoenix graft or the real thing? If it’s the real thing, then it is a true monster (in the positive sense). If it’s a Phoenix, it’s a minor monster (in the positive sense).
4. Why didn’t he crop it (see below for his uncropped mess)? Lazy again?

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Uncropped version. Just the way it appears on facebook. Is this an intentional glimpse into the real Miano Vito? Am I just hopelessly old school when I think that all the clutter only distracts from the tree?  Most people who know me (and profess to love me) would agree that I’m old school and hopeless, but do we really need to know Miano’s license plate number?


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6 thoughts on “Old School? New School? Or Just Lazy?”

  1. in response

    1. why not ,or a beer can or coke can or we could go technical and use a ruler !!!

    2. as it probably isnt a competition photo or its just been potted , who cares if the pots dirty?

    3.its real , and great yamadori

    4. why does everything have to be perfect ? it must be boring to live in a perfect world

  2. Things don’t have to be perfect. If they did, I couldn’t do much of anything.
    However, a little extra effort when showing bonsai can produce big dividends.
    No big deal though. I think it was more me just wanting to break the boredom by saying something provocative.

  3. I just noticed that I answered a comment that doesn’t show up. It was there, and it was somewhat critical. And no, I didn’t delete it on purpose. I’ll see if I can find it and put it back up.

  5. Wayne;I just found out from facebook that the monster is just one Miano’s spectacular
    yamadoris.It looks like he has literally hundreds of them on what appears to be a nursery of
    yamadoris in training.

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