Thinking outside the box is why things move forward, this scape is for you and yours. Where's the line drawn for you in the silly department, how can we know that. So when you say that's a bit to much well what is silly and not is so varied in this hobby just by country never mind style and taste.
This is a forum of many minds and the only 1 you have to please is yours.
You ask you get.
I believe that wall is man made.
Ruins are man made.
The path of squashed green grass troden on by humans passing through a short cut.( idea)
Get your end goal and stick to it. It's all great but may slip below the lines of nature.
I think your looking at it as nature has ravaged man made objects which is thinking outside the box. All for it. Or is it ?
My fish tank had ruins from the Roman's which cost an arm and a leg. This was in the 80,s. This planted tank hobby is 10s of years old and it is advancing very slowly because of these silly rules and stuck minds and repeated crap that people keep blurting out without knowing why and missing out the most important parts,
I'm certainly not a rule advocate in anyway or form, rules are needed for the masses but tend to limit us and squeeze bondarys even tighter. The rules are more of a quick guide in my opinion in that if your imagination or artistic skill is lacking you can rely on the guide lines and rules as a helping hand, they are however very misleading to a new scaper and the styles get blurred because lack of plant skills not to mention algae, then theres the 3rds or and the doubtful golden ratio aspects, sometimes it's best to go back to basics and learn more. ( not you Andrew)
I have to say the lonely tree is my next project and love it, but much less and very simple compared to yours and some will say and think it's because I'm lacking in imagination.This is not ment as as a hose down but you do care what we think and that's also fine. If anything I have learnt as a newbie is that your journal is a way to show off your skills but that's a lonely journal as you dont need help, it can also be a totally different style journal were you need help and members will tell you straightforward answers to help. Many different styles of journal,you carnt please all the people all the time so get on with it and show us your imagination in your project, in the kindest way possible.
Cheers