What good friends are for:)
I spent some time talking with Tom Knight last night. He recently visited the cavern with a tour group from the Myst Explorations. He was only in the cavern for week, but he got to places that I can’t yet reach. Apparently the D’ni Restoration Council has not cleared the way for explorers to see some parts of the shaft that can be seen by entering the tunnel from just inside the rim of the volcano. I am not sure whether the DRC approves of these tours, but the tours continue.
Since I am working hard to pull together my documentary, I am sure Tom’s insights and photos are going to be extremely important. Although I’m not sure I want to use his footage, I will definitely use his thought process and yeesha journal discoveries. I plan only to make this movie once. I need to get back to my work on repatriation of artifacts. The films are are informative. My firm needs additional funding to continue DNA research.
Tom agreed to send me some of his edited material this weekend. I can’t wait to see it. I hope to add a couple of photos to the blog.
Matt R. Dutton
Greetings.
My name is Matt Dutton, and I am currently involved in a biotechnology project that will change the way we preserve native artifacts. Gone are the days when preserving meant poisioning or permanently making artifacts unusable by aboriginal populations. Today we flash freeze textiles that can be used in tomorrow’s ceremonies. Our’s is a green project, DNA research inspired and sample freezing is offered by grant to all comers. The grant program is sponsoring my trip into the desert of Southwestern New Mexico to see and visit curators of ancient civilization museums and restorations. While my sabbatical is originally planned to last a month, I plan to take as long as I need to convince the records keepers of our safe and reasonable remedies.
Matt
