Dcampbell1106's List: DIGITIAL BONSAI TREE

• Bonsai, first of all, is a Japanese word and could be translated as 'a tree in a pot'. The art of bonsai growing, however, did not originate in Japan but in China. It started over a thousand years ago and at that time the trees were called 'pun-sai'. The art of pun-sai growing was called penjing.
• Buddhist monks had a great influence on the art and practice of bonsai growing that has never quite disappeared. Even these days a lot of books that are dedicated to bonsai gardening and are published in the western world talk about meditation and zen. They will describe how growing a bonsai requires a meditative state and how all the pruning and cutting should be approached with a zen-like state of mind.
• Working With Bonsai Trees
    However, if you do become a bonsai artist and start growing your own trees, instead of just observing them or buying trees that someone else has made for you, you will find that taking care of bonsai still possesses a spiritual note. You will have to connect to the tree, understand it, see where it wants to grow and then gently direct it into the desired direction. You will have to find balance between what you want and what a tree is willing to give you. You will have to find patience inside of you and allow a tree to dictate how fast it wants to develop. And throughout all this process, you might discover something new inside of you. You might discover that indescribable thing that has captivated so many. With that, you just might find your own meaning of bonsai trees.

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• Bonsai (盆栽^?, lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings,  pronunciation (help·info))^[1] is a Japanese art form
• The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity (for the grower).^[3] By contrast with other plant cultivation practices, bonsai is not intended for production of food, for medicine, or for creating yard-size or park-size gardens or landscapes. Instead, bonsai practice focuses on long-term cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a container.
• It is only when it is kept close to human beings who fashion it with loving care that its shape and style acquire the ability to move one." The idea, therefore, was already established by this time that natural beauty becomes true beauty only when modified in accordance with a human ideal.^[10]

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• Bon sai is an art that has been practiced in Asia for many centuries
• They are grown in small containers and trimmed and trained so that they remain small and elegant.
• Learn how to grow a bonsai tree, train it in one of the traditional bonsai styles, and care for it so that it stays healthy for many years to come.

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• The word “Bon-sai” (often misspelled as bonzai or banzai) is a Japanese term which, literally translated, means “planted in a container”.
• A particular representation of something much more than itself, and thus allowing each viewer to interpret what is shown and to build-upon this based on his or her own experiences and memories.
• • Something so valued that it has received care for virtually every day of its [hopefully long] containerized life.
   
  • Something held in such high regard that it was allowed to be brought temporarily into the house for honored guests even though it contained soil from the garden.
• Bonsai-in-training (also known as “potensai,” potential bonsai) should point to a future, more mature creation which the artist, at least, has somewhat in mind. 

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• Ergonomics-
   Ergonomics is the safe physical use of the computer. This may include:
   
  • Picking the right mouse and keyboard. Arthritis can develop from constant typing and clicking.
  • Sitting up straight: Make sure you are straight up in your chair with your back flat against the back and your feet on the gound.
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  • Simple exercises to warm up the body.
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• Ergonomics

    Ergonomics is a complex name given to a simple concept. The basic idea of this is the safe physical use of the computer. This can include many aspects such as: sitting on the chair correctly, holding the mouse lightly and the right distance which we sit at from the computer. The are many different things a computer user can do to lower the risk of any physical pain and to increase his/her productivity while using the computer. This can include simple exercises which warm and loosen-up the body.
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