here I am back and don't know where to start.. things happened, that changed my plans (and my life ;) ..hmm.. so it was a 1000 mile drive down from Vernon to Black Rock Desert.
it worked out with my early entry pass and I arrived on Saturday noon, helped setting up the camp and lightwired the art truck of the Barbie Death Camp :)
hmm.. there is one thing about Burning Man, that you have to know:
you can't understand it, unless you have been there by yourself!
every attempt to explain it, will fail pathetically, but I gonna try anyway ;)
imagine a city, build like a clock.. streets from 10 o'clock down to 6 o'clock and up to 2 o'clock. then there were streets from A - K .. so you could find any place by knowing the "time" and Letter of the corner.. there were 40 000 people out in the desert and the only things that you could buy was ice and coffee in the center camp. everything else you had to bring by yourself.. water, food and whatever else you want to take out in the desert ;) people made themecamps and threw parties there.. so most groups have one or two events, where they offer workshops, drinks, sound and a lot of other fun stuff.. like battling in the Thunderdome or Flamethrower shooting range ;)
there were hundreds of art trucks.. equipped with sound, lit up in the night and of course.. flamethrowers to bring on the heat! :D haha :D ..I have never seen something that crazy! and I want to go again!!! they had about 150 art sculptures, where you could get in or climb on (haven't seen a lot of them, because being so busy and distracted ;) people ride their fancy bikes or trikes or other strange vehicles.. there were a lot of burning and flaming things around.. the world most dangerous festival.. haha ;) imagine thousands of bottles of propane somewhere out in the desert in 40 degrees Celsius ;) haha :D
so the festival consisted out of meeting tons of really cool people.. everybody has it's cup, where you get free drinks and coffee in the morning at the coffee-camp. there was a pancake place and you could go to yoga, massage, healing, music, firespinning.. oh my god.. there is no end! you can never ever imagine, what is going on, out in the desert.. there was an airport, ranger and medical stations. and all runs on the vibe of sharing and gifting.. people invite each other and nothing does cost anything. OH MY GOD!!!! THIS IS SOOOOO AWESOME!!! it's the way the world should work.. I have been deeply touched and transformed by this loving vibe!!
in the night, there were a lot, lot, lot places where you could go dancing on the playa (Playa is the middle part.. the center of the clock.. it's probably 1 km in diameter).
so I tripped around and had the best time ever!!! :D ..of course.. the desert goes pretty harsh on you. the alkaline sand makes cracking your skin. so from time to time I washed my feet with vinegar to avoid the worst..
oh.. yes.. by the way.. I got my hair dreadded :D I anyway wanted to do that and the Playa-dust is just perfect for it. (hope you will like it Mom ;) hehe ;)) ..that's a really new experience and it makes me look much more tribal.. *howl* :D now I'm wrapping them up every day a little bit and it will still take quite a while until they become really tight.. but they look already cool! :D
I haven't taken pics (maybe five :P ) ..so I will skimm through the internet and download some to make a picture album on my site. I'm sure, there are people that anyway took better shots of the things I want to show in my album.. so give me some more days and there will be a nice sortiment of what I call Burning Man experience! :))
I was cycling a lot around.. found some psy trance and a lot of cool spots and camps and friends.. mostly just for a night or a day and then I ended up somewhere else and it was OK like this.. it's meant to travel, to change and to journey out by yourself.
hmm.. I feel, that I know barely put 1% of what I experienced and this is only 1% of the festival.. so GO THERE!! SEE IT!!! it's so much worth it! ..be a burner! haha :D
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