The Burning Man festival just wrapped up out on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
50,000 people showed up. This looks like some kind of space port from Star Wars.
Holy chit! This is just scary!
Where is Captain Jack Sparrow when you need him?
Chased past he moon by a sky shark. So very burning man.
The man burns on September first.
My daughter just got home from her 8 days on the Black Rock playa. She absolutely loved the event and has regaled her mother and I with all manner of great stories. I do believe that the "default world" hypes the negatives of the gathering and misses the great rewards that can be found in attending. I may just go myself next year. The Scout could use a good coat of white dust. Maybe we can hold next years Scratch & Spit there??
ReplyDeleteThe burning of the Man on the 1st is a party of course but the following night is the burning of the Temple of Transition. That is the spiritual culmination of the event and is a quiet, almost solemn one. The "noobies" with lasers are told to shut them off.
ReplyDeleteTell Laurel welcome back to the default world. How did the fire performance go?
ReplyDeleteWhat is this? Is it some pagan or new age festival? Looks kind of hippy to me.
ReplyDeleteIt's when Californians invade the desert, go crazy, have fun, do stuff they couldn't do in polite society, tnen go home and resume their quotidian lives but with a smile on their face.
DeleteIt's where one goes to escape the default world having created it.For many, the festival is simply an occasion to don outrageous costumes, dance the night away, and encounter mind-blowing art and people.
ReplyDeleteWhen these people leave they carefully walk the playa and remove ALL trash, including butts and pistachio nut shells. I wish the default world was as aware of stewardship. Ha, my daughter is a Republican, life member in the NRA and has a degree in engineering. Probably not a hippy.
Republicans have more fun!
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