How does one "employ" a master stylist to help take your trees to the "next level".

[Deleted member 32750]

Maybe. I would have expected that universities worth their salt all work with challenge/problem based learning techniques.

Unfortunately it’s all about the almighty tuition dollar here in the states now

 

[leatherback]

Unfortunately it’s all about the almighty tuition dollar here in the states now

Glad universities are not commercial but public here.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Online schools like Mirai and Bjorn are great, but there is nothing like having a teacher at your side. I never had a teacher and I lost a lot of years bumbling around taking conflicting advice from a lot of different people on this and other forums. Plus the online schools don't answer all the myriad questions and problems that come up when the plant is in your hands. If you can afford one, or have someone near you that you can volunteer for to sweep his floors, don't lose that opportunity.

 

[Colorado]

I’ve studied with one of the professionals mentioned in this thread at a 6-hour workshop with 5 student. He was very nice, very helpful and a good experience.

But I have learned EXPONENTIALLY more from Mirai Live, and honestly, from this forum. Gotta agree with @BobbyLane on this one.

Next time I’ll just spend the money on material.

 

[FusionOdyssey]

Matt Walker @Bonsai72 gives workshops and will work with you on your trees. Matt studied under Boon. He can also be reached through FB and his boutique nursery at https://www.bonchibonsai.com/

 

[Lazylightningny]

I’ve studied with one of the professionals mentioned in this thread at a 6-hour workshop with 5 student. He was very nice, very helpful and a good experience.

But I have learned EXPONENTIALLY more from Mirai Live, and honestly, from this forum. Gotta agree with @BobbyLane on this one.

Next time I’ll just spend the money on material.

I have to thank Ryan, Bjorn, Jonas and the rest who have really made deep knowledge available. Same goes for Adair, Sergio, Brian, and all the other experienced members of this forum who freely share info. Thank you.

 

[Bonsai72]

Now, according to ‘Psychology Today’ creativity cannot be taught. In 2011 they wrote, you can teach everyone how to use a hammer or knitting needles.

But knowing how to use a hammer or a knitting needle doesn’t make you creative. Visualizing, dimensionally manipulating or modeling the chairs you build in your mind’s eye won’t necessarily make you creative either. Whether material or mental, these tools just provide the techniques and materials that make creative outcomes possible.

Creativity is a large part of taking your trees to the next level or producing good bonsai.

Ryan recently said on one of his streams, creativity cannot be taught.
it can be 'learnt' though.

theres a reason why we still see folks after 15 to 30 years in the game not being able to construct an image from a virtual, a drawing or a tree they saw in the landscape. they just go through the motions a clip here and a clip there. but the tree still looks like how it was purchase many years ago. having a teacher wont make them more creative.

Who is Ryan? Ryan Neil? A bonsai professional teacher.

 

[Owen Reich]

One of the gents who answered your question, @Owen Reich , just so happens to be one of the premier bonsai pros in the US. He and Bjorn both apprenticed together for the same master in Japan. Contact him to see when he might swing by your area. He's based out of the southeast.

Owen are you in GA or TN now?

Hi, still in Nashville, TN. Thanks for the plug.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Hi, still in Nashville, TN. Thanks for the plug.

I'd love to see a "bonsai village" in your area similar to the one in Portland. I'm thinking of retiring in Nashville.