Bonsai as I understand it seeks to capture the essence of a tree, illustrating some greater theme by using the tree itself as a medium, as John Naka famously did with his Goshin, which he made to illustrate his grandchildren. So I've been experimenting with the idea of the human hand in nature, which is so crisply illustrated in the entire art of bonsai - a human takes a tree from nature, to control it and make it look more natural, a miniaturized sample of nature. I find it very amusing in an ironic sort of way.
These bonsai trees have been burned on purpose. I think that there is a certain amount of beauty in the bleached white bare trunks of trees that perished in a forest fire, something I tried to capture here, as well as making commentary on that ironic human control thing, and perhaps a statment or two on the future of 'nature.'
One day I'll write up a more concise statement, but I guess thats the general jist of things here.
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