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Miyajima White Pine
This bonsai tree has been in "training" since 1625 and survived the Hiroshima blast. For more on its remarkable history, see Hiroshima Survivor at the National Bonsai Foundation's website.
More anon,
David
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Blue Atlas Cedar bonsai, U.S. National Arboretum
Wondering how many of you, out there, find solace and meditation through engaging with nature?
More anon,
David
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Japanese White Pine, U.S. National Arboretum
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American Beech Bonsai, U.S. National Arboretum
I seem to be moving away from writing and more toward imaging, and toward imaging beyond the flower mandala series. So I'm posting occasional images from my other nature series. This is the first of a sequence of images of Bonsai trees. I'd be very interested in hearing from people who raise and maintain these trees. Some of the examples at the U.S. National Arboretum, which I visited last month as many of these trees were just blooming, were hundreds of years old. My own personal attempt at keeping a Bonsai tree going lasted only about a year, so I'm impressed!
Here's a link to a site that gives what appears to be a good, brief history of bonsai trees:
Best,
David
Discussion:
Art, Healing, and Transformation group
Flower Mandalas Project group
Cultivating Creativity group
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© 2009, David J. Bookbinder
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I am a psychotherapist, photographer, digital artist, and writer living near Boston, Massachusetts. As a therapist, I work primarily with artists, children and families, and people with addictive behaviors. Like Carl Jung, one of the fathers of modern psychology, I believe art can be a pathway to the essential Self and foster personal and global transformation.
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