Kalipso is a name that symbolizes depth and extra layers. Kalipso come from two roots. 1. Kalypso a Greek Godess of love, loss, and rebirth and 2. Kali an Indian Godess of dialectics most famously known for life and death.
A kalipso finds light in the darkest hours and can find a reason to take sorrow tears and turn them into loving laughter.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.