Thomas Pakenham has a right to his own opinion.
Jens Jensen, the famous landscape architect, had the same opinion as Thomas Pakenham towards bonsai and both of them did pretty well for themselves.
It's apparent that he's ignorant of what bonsai
is as well as how it's done.
I'm certainly not going to try and change his mind.
I learned long ago that the only person I can change is myself.
I think Andy Rutledge's letter to Thomas Pakenham is crude and uncivilized, not to mention rude. I certainly don't think Pakenham
needs to read Andy's letter.
So what if bonsai gives him the creeps—so be it. It's no sweat off my back.
The guy's a photographer and like trees. He's got a right to feel any way he wants to about bonsai.