# THE podcast thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Resources\ **Created:** [November 2, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258 "2020-11-02T18:07:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/1 "2020-11-02T18:07:52Z")
I’ve tried making dedicated threads, but they seem to be a bit too transient. Giving the super thread idea a shot. I’ll kick us off… @Eve Please hook us up with all the bloopers and gifs! ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/2 "2020-11-02T18:16:49Z")
+1 on the bloopers request ---
**Author:** ![Dbanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dbanks](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Dbanks)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/3 "2020-11-02T19:44:04Z")
The people cannot live on bonsai alone, we need gifs, that’s just science @Eve. Also, great idea @Bonsai_Bentley; I’m usually buzzing after a podcast drops, so having one place for a dedicated debrief and discussion would be a great way to pull out additional gems. ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/4 "2020-11-02T20:24:45Z")
If it gets enough traction we may be able to get it pinned 🤞🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/eve/32/20800_2.png) [@Eve](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/5 "2020-11-03T01:27:18Z")
@Bonsai_Bentley I will see which good ones we can share with you all soon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Johanesen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/joe_johanesen/32/118_2.png) [@Joe\_Johanesen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Joe_Johanesen)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/6 "2020-11-04T20:36:59Z")
Supposedly the Mirai team had been working on a blooper video before your arrival @Eve. It would be nice to use all saved material to make multiple blooper videos to share the funny a couple times a year. Thank you for your Mirai input as a Artist with a Calendar! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/eve/32/20800_2.png) [@Eve](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/7 "2020-11-06T17:55:02Z")
@Joe_Johanesen I am not sure about anything that would have been started before I got to Mirai… But I know two years back when I started, Josh and I used to collect all the blooper moments we could so we have a back stock on bloopers on our old editing drives! ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/8 "2020-11-09T15:10:33Z")
Anyone have a link to the last blooper video? ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/9 "2020-11-09T15:29:04Z")
I don’t think anything very long has been released publicly but there was this > [@Mirai Live Blooper Reel \*teaser](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/mirai-live-blooper-reel-teaser/85/): > > Many more clips to come when we release the full blooper reel! What were your favorite funny live stream moments? ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/10 "2020-11-09T15:30:17Z")
Sam posted something. It was Ryan’s struggles with tech during Forum Q&A. ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/11 "2020-11-09T15:42:22Z")
Oh I remember that video EDIT: Here > [@Happy Holidays from the Mirai Team: A gift for you](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/happy-holidays-from-the-mirai-team-a-gift-for-you/4713): > > On the eve of our beautiful, long, holiday break that Ryan has so generously afforded us…we offer you a holiday gift. A marketing tool, if you will, for the wonderful Adobe Photoshop software. Pro members - this is what we went through to bring you the highest quality Forum Q+As possible. Standard members - if you like what you see here and want to see Ryan struggle to draw on your bonsai photos, you can see more with a Pro membership. But for real, we love each and every one of you so much, … ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/12 "2020-11-09T17:05:22Z")
“We’ll clean up that pauses and, you know, swearing at the computer.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/13 "2020-12-03T16:22:40Z")
I thoroughly enjoyed the Rodney Clemons podcast. I was expecting a “how to boxwood” episode, but it turned out to just be a nice discussion about bonsai, life, bonsai life, and self-reflection. Biggest takeaway was viewing your trees from underneath. It sounds corny, but when’s the last time you just laid underneath a tree? Bonsai or not. I’ve been conditioned to think that any branches that cross the trunk are trying to hide flaws. Looking in nature that’s not the case though. Trees grow radially and couldn’t care less about what you think the front should be. ---
**Author:** ![WestSeattleDavid](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/westseattledavid/32/12767_2.png) [@WestSeattleDavid](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/WestSeattleDavid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/14 "2020-12-03T22:23:20Z")
Agreed, it was a cool look at a great person who happens to do Bonsai as a profession. ---
**Author:** ![Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Twisted](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Twisted)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/15 "2020-12-03T22:52:30Z")
> [@Bonsai\_Bentley](#): > > It sounds corny, but when’s the last time you just laid underneath a tree? Bonsai or not I do like to get down on my knees and twist by head round to look up a trees at Bonsai exhibitions. None of my trees are worth doing it to yet. With a good tree I can really get the feeling of being there in nature at the base of the tree. This is one tree I am remember from last years UK National Bonsai Show which gave me goosebumps. ![IMG_20190914_100222](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/1/185b4a4b2aa98f479eea6de949880de289a582a9.jpeg) ![IMG_20190914_114631](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/bonsaimirai/original/2X/4/4825adf70cc24790455e28665bf68a73065b9413.jpeg) I do wonder from the quality of people on the podcasts if all bonsai professions are a higher level of individual or if Ryan is just very good at curating who he podcasts with. I do enjoy just listening to the bonsai chat. ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/16 "2020-12-04T07:08:20Z")
With my smaller trees, likes shohin or anything I can hold with one hand comfortably, I will rotate it in my hands to look at it from underneath (as well as top down and from the sides). It’s great to get all those perspectives when designing a tree. What I took away from that, though, was that I do it analytically and maybe I should also do it from time to time for pure enjoyment. ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/17 "2021-02-02T20:20:56Z")
Is bonsai art? 🤔 Still in the middle of this one, but figured I’d do a stream of consciousness as I go. They bring up an interesting point. Is the live demo a bit of performance art? My mind immediately went to the Japanese teppenyaki steak house. Is the chef dude that’s twirling knives, salt and pepper shakers, and forks doing a bit of performance art? The very next point is something I’ve pondered as well. Are we, in American and I guess to a larger extent the rest of the world, doing bonsai? If not, what do we call it? I’ve always felt like I’m not. The motivations don’t seem the same. Culturally different for sure. It was at one time called penjing. Then bonsai. Now what? ---
**Author:** ![nmhansen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/nmhansen/32/114_2.png) [@nmhansen](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/nmhansen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/18 "2021-02-02T21:38:44Z")
I like the notion that bonsai is a craft (a daily one at that) and displaying them can be art (whether in exhibition or in other contexts). ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/19 "2021-02-03T15:47:38Z")
I agree. I consider myself more of a craftsman with no real intention of ever exploring the display/art side of things. That said, when a tree is done well it can evoke some sense of feeling or emotion. Is that due to the artistic side of things or is it a by-product of well done craftsmanship? ---
**Author:** ![Bonsai\_Bentley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bentley/32/7792_2.png) [@Bonsai\_Bentley](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_Bentley)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258/20 "2021-02-07T20:34:32Z")
> [@Asymmetry mentions Nick Lenz](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/asymmetry-mentions-nick-lenz/7730): > > Latest Asymmetry Tom Benda podcast info concerning Nick Lenz’s status: I am a long time friend and student of Nick Lenz. During the the recent Assymetry Benda podcast Nicks status was mentioned so I thought I would give a little info as to his status: Nick contributed many innovative articles in the 1980s and 1990s, mostly through ABS. Back in the hay-day after the publication of his book (Bonsai in the Wild-1997) Lenz images started to appear on line and profiles of his work could be found in … [Next page](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/the-podcast-thread/7258.md?page=2)