Thomas had a wonderful explanation for my dad, when he asked us why we wanted to live in a tipi;
His answer to my father was because, it is a sacred round structure. It symbolizes life and warmth, and harmony with mother nature and the spirits in the sky! This was a beautiful description of exactly what we believed at the time. And this ideal, was our motivation for deciding to make our own tipi, and to move to the mountains. We had been hearing about hippie communes, where people were living in tipis, and this sounded fascinating to us.
He wrote her, that our way should lead to happiness and perfection, by returning to the ways of the ancient cultures, in particular, that of the Native Indians. We still carried in our hearts, the deep impressions we had from our trip to Utah, with our friends.
To get started on our new dream, we found a practical, step by step instruction book, on how to make your own tipi with water-proof canvas. Because of my sewing experience, I was confident, that in following the instructions, I could make a 12 foot in diameter tipi.
