The Irony of Bonsai

The drastic work on this elm bonsai is part of the irony of bonsai #bonsai
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[@64MilestotheGallon]

I thought the irony was in all the metal being used

[@grobonsai]

Bravo 👏 just 🫡

[@MamaSnuggles]

👏😂❤

[@NJGardengirl1961]

Best comment.

[@Jirisvejda6]

You can take it of after 6 months

[@xenia1250]

it's the "we made it less random to make it feel more random" from itunes

[@grobonsai]

A very good analogy

[@Chimpzilla725]

Is this referring to songs shuffling?

[@bzymek7054]

Yeah For those who do not know, when Shuffle feature was first introduced, customers complained that it didn't feel random enough. Sometimes you would hear a couple songs from the same album in a row, some songs would play more often than others and so on. So apple made some changes, so that feature would feel more random. By making it less random.

[@davidvarna]

This was my immediate thought

[@Hi-nf5yt]

​@@bzymek7054 true random can theoretically give you the same song in a row or alternating 2 songs forever so it makes sense that apple changed it to guarantee wider selection of songs

[@icyartillery9027]

Ngl I find it so funny that a tree can grow naturally, then some human comes along and cuts and bends it to make it look more natural

[@robosing225]

Welcome to humanity's hubris.

[@aniquinstark4347]

Specifically you're trying to make it look like a big tree would. Small trees naturally grow more like a bush. The point of bonsai is miniature versions of normal trees.

[@dimitrikemitsky]

@@robosing225 it's not hubris, it's a form of art, making what is effectively a shrub look like various trees. Stop acting like an edgelord.

[@narrowstone5363]

@@dimitrikemitsky nah i won't lie, completely thought the same thing till @Aniquin Stark explained what the whole point of bonsai wasn't. Wouldn't have thought of it as art until i was qued into it, now i want to try it myself

[@v.e.l.pianist7848]

@@narrowstone5363 the disease is spreading...

[@ThomasSawyers]

Tree: *growing* Humans: *ok that's wrong do it this way*

[@herowither12354]

That's mankind's motto.

[@Anonymous-jr8us]

it's gonna grow like a shrub if you dont trim it. It enourages better growth too.

[@zachmo88]

Right hahahaa..I'm going to cut and bend this branch to look more "natural".....

[@diegoolivares1081]

*Zach Underhill he never says "more natural". The point of bonsai is to create a miniature tree that mimics the structure of a fully form one. The way a tree grows is different when is that small, so the bending of the branches is use to look like fully grown branches

[@ThomasSawyers]

@@Coolerbeans69 technically all bonsai's are trees, just not all trees are bonsai's, even shrubs are "technically" trees *usually* eg cedar hedges

[@zinganeatsr4011]

“This nature looks too unnatural, I will fix it with my man made tools.”

[@singhatishkumar]

Then I will make it look more natural in an artificial way

[@Koldyuki]

It's a bonsai , the point of bonsai is to make it took like a bigger tree , if not taken care of then it will just become any other bush

[@wiozak8459]

Everything that a human ever created is a part of nature too

[@Shubhi3012]

Um no not really, bonsais are meant to look like miniature trees, any plant would naturally grow like a normal bush. Bonsai making on the other hand is a form of art, people spend decades , literally decades to make a decent looking bonsai.

[@ingerlivgjemble2487]

Nydelig

[@vanillemor5009]

I wouldn’t even see how a single branch looks in comparison to the whole tree. Your eye for detail is incredible, what a beautiful tree!

[@grobonsai]

Thanks that’s very kind! The tree does most of the work though 🙂

[@GuyNamedSean]

It's an artform that takes time to learn. There are a few channels on KZbin that can teach you the basic guidelines to shaping a bonsai. Even if you don't plan on having one yourself, it's fun to learn about the art.

[@zeusolympus1664]

@@grobonsai how to see the flow of chakra, please teach us sensei.......

[@paracame8162]

@@zeusolympus1664 first you need the Byakugan

[@geeperjane]

I always think it's funny how bonsai is basically doing everything you're taught not to do with normal trees. You dont have to worry about structural integrity when the tree is 2 ft tall.

[@otaku3OBSESSION]

I remember just letting one of my coleus plants just grow however it liked, it was on the window sill in the bathroom. It kept growing taller and taller, instead of outwards, to the point that it made itself fall over, and died. Sometimes the "natural" way things grow is not for its own benefit. Survival of the fittest afterall implies some aren't very "fit".

[@Cropcircledesigner]

@@otaku3OBSESSION To be fair to your plant, "keel over and self-propagate" is a pretty good strategy in the wild- it just wasn't expecting that bathroom floor.

[@LifeEnemy]

@@Cropcircledesigner Or to be living in a pot ;P I'm imagining a Truman Show-type realization when it broke out haha

[@geeperjane]

@@otaku3OBSESSION The same is true for most normal size deciduous trees. If they're not grown in a forest environment they need pruning. Just radically different pruning than a bonsi.

[@PaleGhost69]

​@@otaku3OBSESSION Coleus is also used to being eaten by browsing herbivores. Its probably rare that it would be able to get so high in the wild. Dead Horse is 100% right though. Falling over and setting roots is how a lot of soft stem plants self propagate. Its why we can clone plants so easily just by putting a cutting in soil, which Coleus excels at.

[@KATHLEEN-XM772]

Humans: **cutting, bending, breaking it's limbs** Tree: **BROKEN FEMUR SCREAM**

[@izyaboicallume]

Pretty sure vegetables say the same thing

[@nahbirdie4773]

Alll i could think about watching it lol. Humans: *calming* Trees: *nonononononomo aaaaah!*

[@kadabo]

SCP 106 is finally touching some grass now!

[@ArrowFox89]

Pretty sure trees dont deal with pain like us animals do. Idk I'm just a fox

[@nahbirdie4773]

@@ArrowFox89 they do

[@AudreysKitchen]

My grandpa was a bonsai master. He had incredible trees and the garden was really a joy to visit and tour. It's also a very consuming hobby though. He could never go out of town at all!

[@JoeyTen]

Why not?

[@francescafrancesca3554]

@@JoeyTen He probably has to take care of his trees.

[@JoeyTen]

@@francescafrancesca3554 can they die that quickly?

[@user-mc5vy2vk5n]

@@JoeyTen I guess you need to change the wires, trim the twigs and so on, and if he had whole garden of them, that might be a lot of them to take care of, hence time consuming.

[@guy8646]

@@JoeyTen They’re kept in small shallow pots so they stay small, which means they also need more frequent, small waterings to keep them alive. You can’t just pour a bunch of water in a big pot and let it soak in. Even a tiny, cheap bonsai I had for years required intensive care and watering.

[@ElliLavender]

Growing Bonsais is such a weird hobby when you think about it, but that's fine, I love weird hobbies. It looks great! ♥️

[@iamwisdomsky]

it's not weird compared to other hobbies you know of. take for example a hobby of collecting something. like cards, dolls, coins or whatever and just keep it inside their boxes for display. at least with bonsais you get to do something with it and not just watch it behind a glass.

[@janinpalafox]

Wish my dad could see this. He would've loved it. He loves all kinds of bonsai. We would also use rocks as part of the bonsai recreating mountains.

[@LMCorvinus]

I have got to do this now, build a whole scene with it

[@Febreeze419]

@Ethertask Sebastian he’s below the bonsai.

[@itsamichelangelo3129]

They're not rocks they're minerals

[@kelammo]

Mine would’ve too

[@kelammo]

@Ethertask Sebastian prob safe to say he’s passed.

[@datemasamune2106]

"Locations that look natural" _- Literally talking about a tree..._

[@grobonsai]

Not exactly. We are talking about a bonsai. We could design the bonsai to look like it is and always has been exactly how it is. Or we could make it look uncomfortable to look at by challenging the viewers mental model of what a tree looks like. The latter would appear unnatural.

[@kuroharudere2735]

Someone in the other comment section said that what they meant by "natural" is to make it look like a miniature version of a big tree, smaller trees apparently grow like bushes instead 🤔

[@Junistheog]

@@kuroharudere2735 i mean bonsai is literally small miniature of grown tree

[@grimmchildd2638]

@@Junistheog it's a bush/shrub, unless you trim and care for them they'll just look like a bush/shrub and not like a tree

[@jezackr3500]

Dude, the final effect here is uncomfortable to look at. If the aim was to make it look like a "big tree miniature" the final shape makes it seem like you've not seen many trees in nature.

[@sbragaglia]

Ah, you Made it like a loop! We’ll done I watched it twice! The tree I keeps looking good!

[@benroylance1394]

Nice pfp

[@MilesCantRun]

@@benroylance1394 I thought you were the same guy commenting on your own post 😂

[@Skyrimfanatic]

Having a perfect looking tree is exactly what makes it look man-made. Imperfections are what make up natural structure.

[@suchangburagohain]

Bonsai looks more like shrub than a tree. The artist is making it look more like a small tree and also aesthetically pleasing.

[@Skyrimfanatic]

@@suchangburagohain he's trying to make it look "natural", meanwhile taking away an aspect that does make it look more natural. I'm just saying, if people start applying this concept to everything then some "The Giver" shit is abt to go down

[@subpar4790]

@@Skyrimfanatic exactly, bonsai is so unnerving to me

[@Skyrimfanatic]

@@subpar4790 why?

[@Crustee0]

​@@subpar4790 most people fear/dislike what they dont know. While i dont know much about bonsai themselves, after getting recommended a youtube video that explain it well i dont think its a bad thing/hobby at all. What most people thought as "hurting" the plant is common occurence in the wild. Storm, wind, animals, soil movement (if they live in sand-ish or muddy soil) break and twist the trees. As for the dwarf size, theres research that shows these bonsais basically grow smaller cells and also less cells so its actually just a form of adaptation and they function normally. The seeds or whatever the plant use to have next generation will grow to normal size if planted in bigger space (like in their usual habitat) so its not damaging their generation down the line. Overall i think its pretty neat hobby that do have more benefits than harm, if there is any harm at all

[@aronvlx]

Anyone saying this is cruelty I hope you don't live in a house with any wood in it because that would be even more hypocritical and even more 'cruel'

[@traumatized_otaku]

Not trying to dismiss your opinion… but ones dead while the other is getting its fingers bent and cut off

[@sheeplamp3143]

That's what AI will do to humans to make us look more human ☺️

[@benjaming.8368]

Nah, thats human governments. AI wont have you know it is bending you, and will let you disappear without your notice too.

[@NNic.]

🤯

[@crowdemon_archives]

Tbf humans are already doing that before AI would start to even consider this

[@sersig2962]

It’s already doing it with filters

[@cobalius]

​@@crowdemon_archives yeah but are we surgically shaping our fellow humans to be human-like enough and are we doing it human-like enough? I'm sure there's still room for ai-like improvements

[@pastafour3717]

“This tree looks unnatural, I should shape into a perfectly spaced haunting silhouette to fix it.”

[@herobean28]

The art of bonsai forming is so admirable and cool. I wouldn’t have much patience for it, but I might when I’m old and bored 😋. Excellent work! Thank you for explaining your process

[@q.b.3828]

haha

[@IasIow]

We'll never know the irony of bonsai...

[@aie007]

Oh it's a loop

[@minaldhurve8988]

People: To make it natural, we need to do something unnatural.

[@rustyking8783]

Beautiful. My friend just paid $4K for a 100 year old bonsai.

[@grobonsai]

Yowza 😳

[@MisterTayTay]

That’s a great deal when you factor in probably at least 2 generations of work went into it.

[@contraband1543]

4 grand for a plant I could absolutely never justify that. Guy must be absolutely loaded

[@WhiteWolfos]

@@contraband1543 if it lowers stress levels and uplifts mood it kind of pays itself back in a way.

[@Murimz]

@@contraband1543 some people say the same about cars, college, jewelry, watches, computers, furniture, surgery, etc. But those things cost well over 4 grand

[@ojh.24]

Imagine just being a happy full grown tree with nothing wrong, and some guy comes along and starts cutting of 80% of your branches, bends the rest of them with wires and sh1t, and then they start cutting into your remaining branches. All because you weren’t pretty enough.

[@RandomVidsforthought]

A tree doesn't care what you do to it

[@RandomVidsforthought]

@@AdairPastos Bonsai isn't plant torture and it never was and never will be

[@RandomVidsforthought]

@@AdairPastos Of course they are

[@iamhewhospeaks]

Guy: ..was never touched by human hands. Viewer: it's got human shit all over it tho.

[@carolgreenhill5684]

Beautiful! I've always been interested in bonsai trees, but have no idea where to start

[@JamesBond-xx1lv]

First, you must grow a bonsai tree. Then you can start.

[@slappy8941]

I don't know, maybe you could try the thousands of books and videos about bonsai? And then maybe go down to some place that sells bonsai and get a cheap one to practice on?

[@JoeyTen]

I just started learning a little about it yesterday. Apparently, my yard already has five different trees that can be used for bonsai! KZbin is a decent start. There are lots of bonsai videos

[@whoopdewhoop7154]

Start with cannabis. Easy. plus cannabis flowers. It must. so it's a shorter growth cycle.

[@veikkakarvonen831]

How are so many people hating? It's a fking tree. Also, bonsai-trees are usually much healthier than wild ones.

[@ahobbitstail7022]

Your typical approach in videos will cover over these tactics, so it's nice to see the more dramatic approach you sometimes need to take to make life = art. Unrelated, charge more for your products.

[@grobonsai]

Thanks that’s very kind of you to take the time to say that ☺️

[@thoughtcriminal2815]

Reminds me of a story where a group was golfing and one of them was a golf course designer. As they golfed through the course the course designer points out a hill and says that the course developers had to dynamite part of that hill away "so it would look natural." The group laughed and called the golf course designer "god jr" for the rest of the round.

[@johnnyr4767]

It doesn't look natural it looks like a bonsai tree, the before definitely looks more natural

[@zoutewand]

No.

[@cactiman6593]

@@zoutewand yeah

[@somedudeintheinterweb8665]

Well you need to let it heal first

[@johnnyr4767]

@@somedudeintheinterweb8665 wouldn't really matter, anything a human trys to make look "natural" will always never be natural, it's just how it works, natural things aren't always nice looking but they are natural, making something look nice is not the same as natural

[@somedudeintheinterweb8665]

@@johnnyr4767 well in this case it's more like "natural" as in the art of making miniature trees, which is the art of bonsai. If you let it grow by itself it wouldn't exactly look like a miniature tree

[@ibegream5854]

The sticks: "But you didn't have to cut me off"

[@Im_The_Slep]

Never thought I’d see tree bondage

[@egg5802]

Trunk and Branch Torture

[@somedudeintheinterweb8665]

​@@egg5802god damn it you're quick

[@LOCKEYJ]

Who is Hugh Manhand and why they out here touching these trees

[@peterpansplayground]

I thought this was part of a documentary! Beautifully shot and done! :D beautiful tree, too! :D

[@grobonsai]

Thanks 🙏 very kind!

[@impc8265]

bruh we are literally farming all kinds of plants and selectively breed them for consumption, and yet people are here complaining about bonzai? Plants don't have feelings, and even if they did it's not like you've given a fuck when you had your meals so whats the big deal now?

[@tomlaf1882]

I wish I was this passionate about something

[@waynethebarber1095]

Ones I was done first by Zen monks who wanted to control nature. Think of Japan where you couldn't have a large tree but you could create a smaller one that look like a real tree...

[@kryss5719]

Smol Tree: _exist_ Human: BSDM

[@808JuJu]

This is the hobby of a person who is too lazy to grow a garden. This is pointless, you can’t make it look more natural than Mother Nature

[@zacharyjackson1829]

I would think the most "natural" look would be the one where you aren't touching or cutting the tree 🤷‍♂️

[@zoutewand]

You're trying to recreate a miniature of a natural normal tree. You'll have to do that somehow.

[@zacharyjackson1829]

@@zoutewand it's already a miniature of a normal tree, it's a fucking tree LMAO

[@zoutewand]

@@zacharyjackson1829 oh yea dude you know what you seem like you understand this stuff perfectly fine👍

[@zacharyjackson1829]

@@zoutewand im assuming you were hoping that i didn't know that Bonsai Trees are not actually trees and is instead an art form that takes a variety of plants of different species to imitate "trees" and to that i say eat rocks :)

[@zoutewand]

@@zacharyjackson1829 what are you talking about. Bonsai uses real trees??? Like. I have a bunch of maples and an apple tree bonsai. They're all trees

[@sharazar]

I would love to do a Bonsai tree but do not have the patience to. I just know i will end up letting it go, or breaking it trying to bend to fast.

[@stetai352]

Cleanest loop I have seen on KZbin so far! Great work too!

[@rynfornow3411]

People who say bonsai is abuse. Dude, we cut grass and trim bushes.

[@zactranten3235]

Can you do a video on the materials you use? Thanks! Love your content!

[@theunholydivine_2905]

“We go through great lengths to make the tree look like it wasn’t touch by human hand” also him: touches it chops its arms off and Bends it

[@michaeldougfir9807]

I don't know bonsai. But as a very long time arborist, I can say not to put ANYthing on a pruning cut. It's not like bandaging a wound of your own. The sole thing you can do is to make proper cuts in the right kinds of places. The tree will callus over the pruning wound itself. Otherwise, you will encourage decay or disease. Not "healing"!

[@grobonsai]

I'm completely aware of arboriculture best practices. The key difference is you are dealing with landscape trees in the ground. Bonsai have different growth characteristics, and different aesthetic goals. We also use different materials as we can monitor daily, whereas a tree in the landscape cannot be checked daily. To that end, I have never seen (or heard anyone that has), a bonsai wound that received paste to the detriment of the wound or tree. I have (in bonsai) seen detrimental results of leaving the wound uncovered.

[@שרהזאב]

I don't know why it just looks like bodyshaming for trees

[@Xenochetemist]

This is the equivalent of a plastic surgery in human.

[@drshin9893]

It’s creating scale and beauty in a world where you can’t live in the same place for 100s of years… that tree is happier for it. If you can’t see that you’re only looking for confirmation of your own ideals

[@grobonsai]

👍🙌🤌

[@crunchiesjl]

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@DimT670]

The tree is not happier for it. You are literally not allowing it to grow and cutting healthy parts of it just to appease your own aesthetic ideals. I mean its still a tree so whatever but let's not pretend this isn't making decoration out of living things and containing them and destroying parts of them to suit our tastes

[@toewoe]

You are ripping a tree apart to conform to your taste. The tree is not happier, it is literally being mutilated. It's a tree, so don't get me wrong, im not saying it's immoral or anything. But your comment makes no sense. You are the one looking for confirmation of your ideals.

[@timmagaling]

​@@toewoe people rip trees everyday for various things. To use it as art is only one of it. I agree that bonsai is not as innocent as some see it. But I think its overall effect and community it creates is positive for nature. For me I got closer to nature been more interested in trees in a more sophisticated way when I came across bonsai

[@ruffr4bb1t]

Man I need to watch a whole lecture on my bonsai, my little guy seems to be fine but kinda looks off? I know I have issues and need to work with it a lot 😩

[@RazgrizGhost]

If I see a comment telling this guy how he's hurting the bonsai I'm done 💀

[@fluxzy3550]

There is one below this comment ☠☠☠

[@isaka6361]

Oh boy I've seen plenty

[@cyanicspectreskittleinc.9549]

If you change anything on it it’s not natural… dumb dumb.

[@UdderlyEvelyn]

No offense, but that poor fuckin' tree, jesus.. xD

[@shivammishra-ic4ou]

Nature: this is natural Man: No, this is unnatural, do it like this

[@ladyrayylin3268]

Obviously the people mocking him never listened to the audio. The branches were moved because they were either effecting growth or needed more sustainable positions… to help the tree 🙄

[@grobonsai]

Exactly! Giving each branch light is important, without bending they will become congested

[@fuwafuwaru]

Is it just me or does he sound like Ramsay? HAHA

[@AhnastasiaRose]

Oh so THAT'S why they're so expensive!

[@unknown2382]

If that tree has pain sense it will be like totured

[@tomlaf1882]

That was the only good KZbin short loop I have ever seen because it actually makes sense

[@puzzlingyeti]

Child future is also can design like this

[@mass-affliction]

Bro givin a tree braces

[@TheBaguetteSpy]

"Ah yes, this tree needs to be more natural" *Tree mutilation* Jokes aside, it does look pretty good

[@grobonsai]

My cortisol reading this comment: 📉📈📉📈📉

[@darkcoolyo]

Aww it looks so much worse :(

[@greenphoenix7365]

the fact that science told me that plant also have some sort of feeling make my mind wander

[@RuhaanT]

WHATS THE IRONY OF BONSAI I HAVE TO KNOW

[@BruderRaziel]

Thank god I am not a bonsai tree...

[@VdS5991]

Why does this feel like tree torture 😅

[@tenou213]

Well done loop! I'm liking the amount of information communicated in such a short time.

[@jimjimsauce]

bonsai is much more sad then i thought. these poor trees are being completely molested :(

[@ben_dover33]

It's a fucking tree jim

[@loyaluwang4228]

Do you feel sad when you eat your food?

[@asdfghjkl82218]

It's a plant. Every branch looks natural.

[@grobonsai]

Yes, but this is the bonsai context. It needs to look miniature, old, and natural

[@XyMalious]

I love bonsai trees. I wanna try this crap some day.

[@andrinjohn3449]

😂🤣

[@Elmooo8283]

I've never thought I'd see someone make a tree look natural 💀

[@grobonsai]

🤌

[@anushkadey1577]

I m not having a glowup but the tree is having glowup

[@grobonsai]

If I gave humans glow up: before: 👁👃👁 after: 👁🌲👁

[@olegvegan]

God: *makes a tree* Human: "No, not like that!"

[@grobonsai]

Who made the human?

[@ghosttidragon6875]

It's like doing surgery, undo it and stitch it well and monitor the area so the skin doesn't leave a trace of contact

[@isabellastockhall3588]

Don’t give up u r loved

[@BokuNoDensetsuNoHoshi]

why do people pronounce bonsai "banzai"?

[@grobonsai]

It’s because I have a different accent than you. Unfortunately my mispronunciation sounds like a word with a different meaning. No matter how hard I try, a ‘t’ sound appears between Bon and sai. However, if I were to say ‘bonsai banzai’ you would be able to hear the difference despite my accent/mispronunciation 😊 I promise it’s not out of ignorance (in my case anyway)

[@emmas3111]

I don't care of the pattern looks natural or not. I just was tiny tree in my house.

[@randomstranger6934]

The tree before looked wayyyyy better than the pruned one

[@grobonsai]

Thanks 😊

[@danser_theplayer01]

Not very "natural" position if you have to slice and bend branches, is it...

[@grobonsai]

For a four year old branch - I agree. As a 5 year old branch, masquerading as a - 100 y/o branch, heavy and arching out toward the light though? Why not?

[@danser_theplayer01]

@@grobonsai Because natural means unaltered and the whole point of Bonsai is to be altered so at least to my understanding they are unnatural by definition.

[@ThtSunbreaker]

Oooooo that's so close to a perfect loop

[@nickgray6305]

This guy would be awesome at growing weed

[@grobonsai]

I wouldn’t risk it, it’s not legal here. Maybe I should become a tomato farmer 😊

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

Looks ugly imo

[@anthonybanramayla8004]

Humans are complex creatures that wants to make complex things simple and simple things complex. Wanting to make things perfect things PERFECT and imperfect things more imperfect. And commenting in subjects I don't have any idea about. Haha. May I just say that's one critical eye you got there.

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

You'd ideally have to spend a great deal of time & effort learning the forms & growth patterns of various tree species, before you'd ever want to pick up a tool - let alone, going near a living tree... While replicating the entirely natural forms of natural locations may be the goal of the classical, Japanese Bonsai artist, it's never interested me sufficiently to pick up the art. That said, were I skilled enough, I'd love to create living dioramas with sculpted stone buildings & bonsai Strangler (or Morton Bay) Fig trees, based off the abandoned, fallen, temples from locations in Thailand, Myanmar & Indonesia.

[@mightnotmagic]

This is like doing surgery on someone to "fix" having smaller hands than normal. Like the small hand were normal and natural, fucking around with the plant to make it look perfect is not "natural" it's artificial. It's a fine hobby, but Def need to find better wording thank isn't so contradicting.

[@markusfederico8732]

Bonsai? Is this not too difficult? Naaaw, you cut the roots, trim the twigs, bend and break the branches… OK… where are your kids? Ah… they are playing in the bonsais.

[@holymegadave]

I love how deep and cringe comments on KZbin can get. Some dude making the tree talk and scream for being injured in the process of tree cervical adjustment.. another explaining that trees dont expect to be in a pot, thats why they dont know how tu survive hahaha... we are very weird as species. We teach monkeys to drive.. we pet bears and lions.. man what a wild worlda haha I love dwarf trees.. cos im very tall... its like "this is my dog (shows a Chihuahua) and those over there are my trees (little bonsais). In my house no one is allowed to be taller than me.

[@numbblackpicture]

I think it's not that weird, I think it's supposed to immitate an old tree that had 100+ years of experience, a young tree of the same kind just doesn't look like it's older counterpart. It's basically like you're taking a little kid and turn it into an 80year old with arthritis. Ok, it is kinda weird...

[@aljazbrilj1698]

Fun

[@MollyHJohns]

The footbinding equivalent of tree art. I may be wrong but I found out that a 1000 years old bonsai is still just as big as the next overpriced potted plant in a bonsai hobbyist's collection... It's deliberately dwarfed by that whole family or whoever got to own it over that entire millenia.

[@camo2156]

So many uneducated in the comments. Bonsai is not torture. Plants literally do not have a nervous system, they cannot think or feel anything. Now, if you want to believe that plants are sentient in some whimsical, spiritual way, then go ahead. But just know science does not agree with you, and your personal beliefs do not count as an argument against something. Anyway, thanks to the creator of this video for sharing a part of your hobby/life, it is fascinating

[@zachmo88]

hahahaa..I'm going to cut and bend this branch to look more "natural"....."goal is to make it look as though it never been touched by humans" proceeds to ad metal wires and drastic cutting technique lol...how about just don't touch it

[@jim5712]

The irony is when done right the tree looks like it's ancient and shows no scars ( unless intentional ) and very natural and harmonious . But in order for that to happen it was anything but natural. It's supposed to look unmolested by humans , but in reality it has been cut , trimmed , wired , twisted , chopped and hacked , allowed to heal etc.. Pretty much anything but natural

[@random_toasterlol]

“Tree grows” and thats how that tree got springlocked.

[@BurntMaple]

People who make bonsai’s basically be saying “ I know that you grew naturally like this but like…. You don’t look natural enough so what if I just *naturalizes the natural plant* “ Not hating or anything it is just ironic 💀

[@unmeaninglessly143]

Pruning is good for plants. Stress induces growth, like human. But to bend & wire trees, restraining it? Its unnecessary & cruel. I'll never get that part of bonsai

[@jerryjohnson3576]

Its made to look like a fully grown tree. Old tree but in miniature form. Like a natural old tree

[@isnorttannerite539]

WHATS THE IRONY OF BONSAI I NEED TO KNOW

[@grobonsai]

Give me strength

[@imcoorey]

i have 4 small spruce trees I planted last year. They’ve only grown about 7inches. As a first time attempt it’s been fun! you grow oddly attached to them. 😂

[@timojissink4715]

I love that "...look like the tree was never touched by human hand..." mentality. It allways bothers me to see nature in straight lines. The beauty of nature is it's chaos and unpredictability.

[@sumaiyatahsinmaiury2833]

It doesn't look natural at all.. You just cut and shaped it the way you wanted 🤣 The natural look includes those dried branches,ununiformed shape.. Human can act like a total fool sometimes😆