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on an all-or-nothing basis. Happily, In Training, was
embraced by the bonsai community and funded. The
“investors” are acknowledged in the book. Leaders
in our community; Ryan Neal for example, played
a pivotal role in rallying interest and bringing the
project to completion. Happily, the involvement of the
investors makes it possible for this wonderful work to
have a wide circulation.
To end, I would like to present some images that
Stephen has shared, to convey just some of the richness
to be found in this work. Figures 7 and 8, like Figures
3 and 4, present alternative views of the same maple
tree that offer very different viewing experiences.
In Figure 9, attention is drawn to the contrast
between age and youth in an almost beguiling fashion.
We are accustomed to hearing that the whole is greater
than the sum of the parts but we are the poorer if
we only see the whole. A number of the presented

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