How tall is the tree like it is??? looks like a good trunk so why chop it??? just my opion plant it upright they grow so slow....john

it is about a foot tall right now, i have thought of doing a Literati style with it, but i kind of want to do an informal upright, and in order to do that i would need to take off a lot of the length that it has right now, the most interesting part of the trunk which is below the red line in the last picture i will be incorporating into the future design, what i want eventually to happen is to bring the apex back to the center and have kind of a hang over effect with the trunk so it hangs over the side but then comes back in, giving off the feeling of being risky or close to danger. right now its not doing so well, last week i left it outside all day and i think the leaves got too much sun and they all fell off, so i am just waiting and hoping they grow back, all the bark is still green so my hopes are pretty good. and i learned my lesson to not leave it outside more than 1 hour in direct sunlight!!