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Top left; The current director
                                                                                                 of the Museum of Bonsai
                                                                                                 Marbella, who accepted
                                                                                                 the challenge to restyle this
                                                                                                 juniper is Rodrigo Gracia, the
                                                                                                 son of founder Miguel Angel
                                                                                                 Gracia Gil.
                                                                                                 Top right; The result of the
                                                                                                 restyling, a formal composi-
                                                                                                 tion is now an informal tree
                                                                                                 that has a powerful story of
                                                                                                 survival to tell.
                                                                                                 Bottom; The tree was repotted
                                                                                                 six weeks later and now looks
                                                                                                 very comfortable in its new
                                                                                                 container.


                                                                                                 It is a lonely tree,
                                                                                                a large singularity
                                                                                                      that towers
                                                                                                 above its smaller
                                                                                                     companions,
                                                                                                  where the solid
                                                                                                and monumental
                                                                                                   trunk begins to
                                                                                                  twist, shaped by
                                                                                                  powerful forces,
                                                                                                    supreme in its
                                                                                                    height and its
                                                                                                     vast volume.













































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