Five Mindsets Essential for Growing Bonsai - How Many Do You Have?
by WeChat friend @White Beard
Although all arts are interconnected, the art of bonsai has its own uniqueness. Once you set foot on this path, joy and pain, excitement and anxiety will accompany you throughout. So maintaining a good mindset will surely help you walk more smoothly and better on the road of appreciation.
by WeChat friend @ czw
01. Carefulness
Bonsai is a long-term process of careful maintenance, and one moment of carelessness can undo all your previous efforts! After all, bonsai is a living art, constrained by the growing environments of different tree species. Talking about a set of theoretical ideas in the abstract is of no benefit; careful maintenance is the real key.
by WeChat friend @Daluo Shanren
02. Open-mindedness
There are no shortcuts in growing bonsai. Everyone has different knowledge structures and life experiences, different ages and levels of cultural and artistic cultivation. Learning while enjoying, practicing while learning, and accumulating experience through practice - only by learning with an open mind can you keep improving and raise your level of creating and appreciating bonsai art.
by WeChat friend @ Yaqi Toys
03. Patience
"The day the scenery is complete, the merit lies in ten years." Creating bonsai from trees often requires a very long time. Without enough patience, it will be difficult to achieve a fine result, and this is also the most important factor affecting the bonsai journey.
by WeChat friend @ It's So Good to Have You
04. Meticulousness
Every tree bonsai reflects a miniature of nature. It is like your own child - it requires countless effort and meticulous cultivation to grow into something worthwhile, and not a single detail can be neglected.
Twenty-five-year potted Osaka pine micro-bonsai by @ De Ren Ju
05. Joyfulness
What is growing bonsai really for? Actually, whether it is to enrich your spare time or for the pleasure of appreciating bonsai, as I see it, as long as you enjoy it yourself, that is enough. So the mindset of appreciating and growing bonsai is the real seasoning - otherwise, you are just bringing trouble on yourself.