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thoughts i had at burningman 2010
*rehearsal for the apocalypse
*so many white people
*im gonna be so tan, im gonna need new headshots
*omg. ur baby needs goggles
*if you can do anything, what would you do?
*girls at mercy of boys
*new city made from scratch
*no trash bags!
*no plastic! no oil! solar it!
*be original. be yourself
*no peer pressure to dress up
*do your own thing
*don’t always follow a group
*don’t always wait
*bicycle energy cell
*solar domes/solar everything
*no soap & papertowels! hand sanitizer!
*biodegradable (corn?) babywipes & packaging = fertilizer
*its a sea
*lights are life
*ships on sea
*the moon is the coolest thing here
*no rules, no lanes, somehow it works
*this wasn’t in the manual.
*omg, i was just riding my bike thru a sea of 50,000 people in the pitch black dark into lights. i am a light, this is a video game.
*why does burning man seem so 80s? it’s the neon
*don’t try to build your tent in a dust storm (make it easy)
*what do you do when you can do anything
*where do you go
*what do you wear (anyday)
*what do you create?
*no currency, how do we organically create our stuff
*how can we gain energy from nature
*eliminate waste
*we are meant to beautify the world
*couches on swingsets
*paint your umbrella
*paint your clothes
*make stuff
*is there anything original?
*self-reliance
*garden
*share what you know
*tree of bones
*rickshaw
*rolling tiki bar
*talk to God (pay phone to …?
*stage w/ levels
*city of wood
*cartoon windows
*stackable playground
*tetris
*front porch car, sofa
*use recycled materials to create new or useful or art
*light paint yourself
*what you do is what you own
*what do you borrow, use, need
*how is your style unique, it is a replica
*where do you sleep, with whom
*what is your limit for danger
*watch the sunrise, stare directly in to it. absorb the UV rays to kill bacteria
*a gift, Try Rock, go for it and you will succeed
*gave a Thank You Rock, a million unspoken thank yous
*it’s good for the body, extreme heat and cold
*biking
*there is enough for us all to be abundant
*jellyfish
*cyd charisse tap dancing
*trance music is meditative????
*create an alternative reality
*with less harsh conditions, less sturdy art
*hard conditions, well-crafted art
*if the conditions were more calm, the art less impressive
*how do we really feel about this rave music? does everyone love it 24/7? or do we just assume because that’s what’s done? wouldn’t ANYTHING ELSE be better?
*cowboy on last year’s rocking horse now a silver alien cowboy
*um… why can’t i breathe, aka so why am i riding my bike, using lots of energy, through soft desert in a blazing hot dust storm again?
*use same structure & materials, use new colors, theme, facade every year
*adult art camp
*if we lived on the moon after the apocalypse with time to pack
*give us a break! someone DJ classical! jazz, hiphop, rap, swing, disco, pop, anything!
*the absurd heat makes it nearly impossible to enjoy anything. moment by moment of stifiling heat. motivation to do anything is gone, pure misery.
*you’ve got to be on drugs to enjoy this experience
*the novelty is gone, now we’re cooked.
*if these people are so inventive, why don’t they invent comfort?
*do some people just love torture?
*ummmm… what’s the point again?
*i like the boutique: find what you love, or leave something, try on, alter & wear it out down the runway.
*must show appreciation
*every muscle aches
*hair a sticky dry mess
*art car makers from gatech?
*are we the only theatrical performers here?
*art made of scrap metal, nice.
*all written into a notebook during the trip. basically my 160character thoughts that kept flowing. i realized i was fine as long as i had water, a piece of cloth & a light. since then, i guess my perspective has shifted, i am more careful and grateful, present and giving. i would like to fly in, in my pod. sleep well, be comfortable, see gardens spring up overnight and technology shield us all. not only at burning man, but in our own communities. for all money not to exist. for us to use what we have. no more homeless people when a home stands vacant nearby. no more useless, sad jobs. no more driving with gas on infrastructures made to slow me down. i know we’re capable of a better world. and intelligent enough to engineer it and see it come true. and for our children to be artists of their own world, engineers of their own world as well. if you can fly, fly. everyone, do as you wish & take care of each other.
