I’m honored to read the thoughts above, but I can only comprehend a small amount of it. Too right-brained maybe? I would be interested to see the results of your flute carving if you do that, and I wonder what wood you’d use? I was pleased this weekend to visit the newly expanded addition to the U-M Museum of Art here in Ann Arbor, a beautifully designed building, passive solar with great views out the glass, and I enjoyed their colleciton of wood objects from around the world, part of the Bob Bolan Collection, a Brighton, MI businessman who has donated his collection of wood objects. The museum gift shop featured wooden items that had been made from the trees that stood on the site where their new addition was built. Very creatively worked by Michigan artists. So, long story short, perhaps you could recycle some wood from your property into flutes? Have you talked with any Native Americans about them? I can’t remember… I also enjoyed greatly your latest musical performances/new songs you’d written.