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I think this guy just knows which side his bread is buttered on. He makes his living out of emotionalizing the experience of viewing and being around trees in the wild. The more hysterical and irrational the experience of viewing trees becomes, the more books and photos he'll sell.

I'm sure it's not that calculated, and that he is in fact hysterical about trees. He has obviously imbued trees with so much of his own identity that he can't help but feel threatened by bonsai "imprisoned" in their pots. Whatever. The guy's not a scientist, he's a photographer. He's entitled to get all emotional about his subjects. I just wish he could limit himself to subjects about which he has some knowledge.