One Tree in Two Pots

摘要

Why plant one tree in two pots? Is the person who does this eccentric or crazy? Some people say I am a bit odd, but nobody has yet called me crazy to my face except my wife and my bank manager! Well, I am probably a little strange (What person with ayard full of miniature trees isn't?) and perhaps somewhat mad, too. For me a bonsai only makes a lasting impression if it forces me to stop and wonder what story it is trying to tell me. Beauty alone will stop me in my tracks for a minute or two but a bonsai with a story will linger in my mind and heart for years. Bonsai artists whose works have so touched me are people like Walter Pall, Nick Lenz, Marc Noelanders and Robert Stevens. So, what story does this "one tree in two pots" tell? It is actually a story within a story.