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>>> PATIENTS, STRESS RELIEF AND A FEELING OF INNER PEACE, THE
NERVES ARE FEW THE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM GOING AND
ATTENDING TRENTO TREES.
TRANSIT HAS BEEN ATTENDING
TRENTO FOR DECADES AND CARING
FOR A 300-YEAR-OLD TREE.
NO PRESSURE THERE.
HE IS SHOWING ME HOW TO GAIN
SOME WISDOM AT THE SAME TIME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. I LOVE THESE TREES.
IT'S SO NICE TO MEET YOU.
LET'S START WITH THE FACT THAT
YOU BROUGHT A 300-YEAR-OLD TREE
AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A
GORGEOUS THING.
GORGEOUS THING. TELL ME ABOUT TAKING CARE OF
THIS AND HOW IT HAS BEEN KEPT
ALIVE ALL THIS TIME.
>> I HAVE THIS FOR ABOUT 13 OR
15 YEARS.
15 YEARS.
15 YEARS. I GOT IT FROM SOMEONE THAT
COLLECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
I SHAPED IT AND I JUST KEPT
ALIVE AND SHAPED IT TO WHAT IT
IS NOW.
IS NOW.
IS NOW. IT HAS BEEN AT THE PORTLAND ART
MUSEUM FOR A SHOW.
>> THAT IS A CELEBRITY TREAT.
YOU BROUGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT
LOOKS LIKE WHAT TODAY IS.
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.
YOU TOLD ME THIS ONE IS SO OLD.
THESE TREES HAVE A STORY TO
TELL.
TELL.
TELL. >>
TELL. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. THEY WERE GOING TO COMPOST THIS
AND I RESCUED IT AND SHAPED IT.
IT WAS IN THE GARDEN SHOW LAST
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. >>
MONTH. >> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
MAKES THE BONSAI?
>> FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
CORRECT THE PRONUNCIATION.
IT WOULD BE BONSAI.
>> BONSAI.
>> BONSAI. >> THE ART OF TAKING CARE OF
TREES AND SMALL POTS IS
BASICALLY WHAT THE BONSAI IS.
IT STARTED WAY BACK , MORE THAN
2000 YEARS AGO IN CHINA AND IT
HAS BEEN PASSED ALONG AND JAPAN
MADE IT MORE POPULAR AND HERE
WE ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS ART
AND SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY
ALL IN ONE.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN TEACH ME
ABOUT PRUNING AND WIRING THE
TREE AND WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START?
I WILL NOT TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL
YOU TELL ME TO.
>> I BROUGHT THIS ONE IN
PARTICULAR.
PARTICULAR. THIS IS TO USE FOR BONSAI AND
BASICALLY THIS IS THE WAY WE
SHAPED THE TREES.
>> IT SEEMS KIND OF CURLY CUE
TO SUPPORT THE TREE.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE TREES
HERE, YOU CAN SEE.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK
ORIGINALLY.
ORIGINALLY. >> YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BASIC
SHAPE OF THE TREES AND THEY ARE
CONICAL SHAPE.
CONICAL SHAPE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THIS IS
THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO ABSORB
SUNLIGHT.
SUNLIGHT.
SUNLIGHT. THEY ARE LIKE SOLAR PANELS SO
TO SHAPE IT IN THIS FORM ALLOWS
TO GET THE MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
FROM THE SUN.
>> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. >> THE OTHER THING IS THAT
THIS IS A MISCONCEPTION FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE. FOR A TRUE
BONSAI ARTIST, YOU HAVE TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE TREE ARE VERY
HEALTHY BEFORE YOU CAN
MANIPULATE THEM.
MANIPULATE THEM. I TELL PEOPLE IN MY CLASS.
THERE ASKING FOR TRAINING FOR
THE SHOW AND YOU DON'T WANT TO
DO MANIPULATION ON A WEEK TREE
BECAUSE IT WILL JUST TRUST THEM
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. >>
OUT. >> YOU WANT THEM STRONG .
>> YOU CAN SEE THIS COMING OUT.
>> TEACH WE HAVE TO BRING THEM.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE FIRST
WIRE I PUT IS TO SHAPE THE MAIN
TRUNK WHICH IS THIS ONE.
>> THEN IT WOULD BE LATER WHEN
YOU PUT WIRE ON THE BRIDGES?
>> EXACTLY, THE SECONDARY
BRANCHES . THE OTHER BRANCHES
ALSO.
ALSO.
ALSO. YOU
ALSO. YOU CAN GO REALLY FINE AND FOR
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, WE WILL DO
SOME BASIC WIRING SO WE CAN
SHOW YOU.
SHOW YOU.
SHOW YOU. THE WIRING ON THIS IS DONE AT
THE 45 DEGREE ANGLE BECAUSE
THAT IS THE BEST OR MAXIMUM AND
IT'S NOT TOO TIGHT OR TOO LOOSE.
IT'S HOLDING IT BUT NOT PUSHING
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> NOT CONSTRICTING IT.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK
AT THESE TREES, THEY HAVE A
FRONT.
FRONT.
FRONT. THE FRONT IS THE BEST VIEWING
POSITION FOR A TREE.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS ONE IS THE
FRONTIER.
FRONTIER.
FRONTIER. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TREES ARE
SORT OF BOWING TOWARDS THE
AUDIENCE OR THE PERSON COMING
AND DOING IT.
THEY ARE GREETING YOU TO COME
IN.
IN.
IN. >>
IN. >> WHAT YOU THINK WE LEARNED
WHEN WE LOOK ON BONSAI AND I
WILL LEARN THE CORRECT
PRONUNCIATION, SORRY.
PRONUNCIATION, SORRY. WHAT DO WE LEARN THAT MIGHT
EVEN BE TRANSFERABLE TO LIFE?
>> MANY THINGS.
THAT IS PART OF THE SUBJECT OF
MY BOOK THAT IS COMING UP.
THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT I
WANT TO IMPART ON THE SHOW.
ONE IS THAT YOU START WITH
SOMETHING SMALL.
SOMETHING SMALL. WE THINK IN THIS WORLD OF
DIGITAL, WE THINK BIG AND WE
HAVE TO DO THIS BIG STUFF BUT
WITH BONSAI, YOU START
SOMETHING SMALL AND WORK YOUR
WAY UP . THEN YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING.
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. THE OTHER THING IS PERSISTENCE.
THIS TREE HAS BEEN LIVING MORE
THAN 300 YEARS AND AS YOU CAN
SEE, WITH THE ELEMENTS, BY
LOOKING AT IT AND SEEING IT, IT
REMINDS US THAT WE DO NEED TO
PERSIST.
PERSIST.
PERSIST. THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY
IS THAT AS A BONSAI ARTIST, WE
LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE
SMALLEST THINGS. TODAY'S THE
FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKY RIGHT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. YOU
HERE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE TINY BUDS
ARE COMING OUT.
>> THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
>> FOR ME, THAT IS VERY
EXCITING.
EXCITING.
EXCITING. >> IF ONLY WE COULD ALL LEARN
TO APPRECIATE THE SMALL THINGS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ANTHONY'S NEXT WORKSHOP IS
APRIL 25 AS TO THE LIFE IN
SEATTLE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE