The Dry Stream: The Importance of What is NOT present

The Bonsai Experience - "As it is in any Great Seminar; the chance to use your imagination."

"This stream bed is intended to be dry; the only time it carries water is when it rains. With a dry stream the water is suggested. The water must be supplied by your imagination. 

The element of suggestion and the accompanying need for imagination are essential parts of the bonsai experience. In the bonsai view of nature, what is not there can be as important as what is."

Top Photo ©2019 by Steve Smith @ NC Arboretum.