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November 25, 1981

Dr. Arthur Krosnick
Melody Woods II
1165 Stuart Road
Princeton, NJ 08540

Dear Arthur:

In relation to thoughts that we have all had to which I might contribute, I would like to go over some of the points that occur to me at this time.

First of all, I would like to thank you for your interest. I am sure that you have given it considerable thought and have gone beyond anything that I have perceived. As you might know, this has been a lonely vigil with considerable cries in the wilderness, with no answers.

When I first came out of India, where I almost stayed for life, there was hardly a receptive voice, but I felt I had to live out my own destiny in the way I wanted to do it. It was contrary to all the tenets of business life and personal objectives of the modern world. It was quite personal, and the only way to work it out seems to have been to go underground, which we did.

If we had a movie of how we started our life on our present property, working out roots by hand from the soil, the three of us, it would probably be sad but very funny.

In any case, we stayed with our objectives, which have been something of a hippie motive, going contrary to what one might suggest as a successful life. It seemed mad even to think that we could make a living at it, because it was at the peak of mass production and the so-called modern art and design. Now the craft movement is flourishing, and I imagine in a sense we have started it, especially in the field of woodworking.