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Bonsai Banter Issue # 035-Bonsai Apps February 01, 2013 |
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Photo courtesy National Bonsai Foundation, Washington, D.C. “Beware Bending that Branch”Bonsai Artist Michael Hagedorn’s blog is on my list of favorites. In a recent post, he brought up a subject that would have never crossed my mind! (Having always grown bonsai in Florida.)This is what he had to say in his November 2012 issue: “Many years ago I held a conifer branch in my hand, in a totally shocked moment, after it had literally shattered while testing it for flexibility. Eons passed. When I returned to breathing normally, the branch was still in my hand, and the tree was a couple feet away, because I had stood up. I went inside to have a cup of tea —celebrations are wine events at my house, catastrophes are tea events— and realized something I’ve never forgotten, yet frequently forget to pass on to students: Bonsai and TechnologyMany years ago (while working on a club newsletter) I argued with my daughter Angela. "I don’t need a computer, my typewriter is just fine!”Knowing she would never convince me, she bought me my first computer and forced me into a new age. Fast forward, and the conversation began - “I don’t need a smart phone, the dumb one is just fine!” You can probably guess the rest of that story. Now, she has encouraged me into the world of “apps”.
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