I have always been in love with the natural world, with life, with the relationships or ecosystems that form and how they evolve.

Growing a bonsai is to enter that world, to have a relationship, to experience the push and pull. To form the pattern of the tree as it forms you.

An old tree is a work of art, a creature of great beauty and intrigue. Written into its form is the intimacy of its relationship with its creator, missteps and accidents become character and hopefully wisdom.