Yucca curl

You might think that desert living is minimalist living.  I mean, what’s out there?  How do you survive on nothing? (see my post “Wilderness and the Myth of Nothing” here).  Native ancestral pueblo dwellers made a lot of useful things out of the very simple materials in their environment.  Like yucca fibers.  They’re strong and fine.  Sandals, baskets, and rope were made from them.  The rest of the plant was used for even more things like shampoo and paintbrushes.  Yeah, paintbrushes.  They had time for art in their ‘minimal’ lives.  Go figure.