A Minimal and Progressive Plant

What do you associate with the words "minimal" and "progressive"? Some people may immediately think about music genre, especially in electro music. Bonsai accompanies these two words, I believe. The explanation for "minimal" is quite easy. As its appearance, it is, most of the time, small, compact, and plain. They are just same characteristic as minimal music. What about "progressive"? It is a bit deeper idea, I would say. Anyway, have you seen any CD jackets of progressive music in electronic? Actually, they are quite colorful. I mean they tend to be with different and more colors, compared to that of minimal. Apparently, bonsai is not so colorful. Yet, bonsai is a plant, living in seasons. So depending on the seasons, it changes its color, naturally. Also, pots for bonsai are not just a container but they are usually a pottery nicely designed by pottery craftsmen. What's more,"progressive" is more about chronology. Again, bonsai is a plant. Its figure has changed over time, extremely slowly, though.

Here, I show examples of minimal and progressive music and their CD jackets.