Fairy houses and bonsais

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Many Americans create fairy houses indoors and outdoors. In a way, bonsais are a form of this fascination with miniatures. True bonsais are created from such a heavy amount of pruning, twisting, and tending, that bonsai artisans have known to forego vacation time in fear of missing a phase in bonsai cultivation. The idea is to create an illusion of a tree in all its majestic stature in the wild or as in a Chinese watercolor brush painting, while in truth it has lived under the meticulous care of an intensely domesticated potted life. The art itself celebrates the ironies in life.


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Yvonne Wolf was born in Taiwan and educated in the U.S. and Europe. She has extensive experience living and working internationally (Denmark and Japan). She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Danish, and has studied Japanese, Spanish, and Greek. Between work and personal travel, she has visited more than 20 countries and well-traveled within the U.S. and Canada. She has worked with organizations and business executives focusing on communication strategies working with Chinese and East Asian partners. Among her many skills is mediating across cultural misunderstandings.