A while back, I went to Burning Man...
Sep. 2nd, 2009 11:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
learnteachAlthough I never touched glitter or dayglo (being one who vickigigs), I was cut off from the outside world. When I came back, we found out that Katrina had visited, and listened to the tales of disaster.
I haven't gone to Burning Man this year, and I find myself missing it. For the change in life that points out what's good and bad about day to day. For the amazing creativity that I see there, in static and ephemeral art, in techartistry, in people. For the opportunity, the space, to adopt a relatively monastic regime.
And, although it won't be katrina, this video that foxworthy pointed out shows another disaster:
http://www.brandonriza.com/Video/HTML/ZeroPercentContained.html
Worth watching.
I was asked "Tell me what you know." I know simple things are good when you need them, and that we surround ourselves with complicated things. I know that it's easy to be distracted by the blinking lights and images thrown at us in so many ways, but leaves and dirt and wind and waves are still amazing. I know that birth and death are important and common and simple and impossible to comprehend. (And that "simple" is not a good word here.)
Not a credo, just some thoughts. I have fallen into a lethargy, a dark haze, and will go see if the wind and waves and sand can't wash off some of it.
I haven't gone to Burning Man this year, and I find myself missing it. For the change in life that points out what's good and bad about day to day. For the amazing creativity that I see there, in static and ephemeral art, in techartistry, in people. For the opportunity, the space, to adopt a relatively monastic regime.
And, although it won't be katrina, this video that foxworthy pointed out shows another disaster:
http://www.brandonriza.com/Video/HTML/ZeroPercentContained.html
Worth watching.
I was asked "Tell me what you know." I know simple things are good when you need them, and that we surround ourselves with complicated things. I know that it's easy to be distracted by the blinking lights and images thrown at us in so many ways, but leaves and dirt and wind and waves are still amazing. I know that birth and death are important and common and simple and impossible to comprehend. (And that "simple" is not a good word here.)
Not a credo, just some thoughts. I have fallen into a lethargy, a dark haze, and will go see if the wind and waves and sand can't wash off some of it.
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Date: 2009-09-02 07:24 pm (UTC)You ok babeh?
Date: 2009-09-02 07:33 pm (UTC)Something.
BTW, do you need to borrow a car?
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Date: 2009-09-02 10:36 pm (UTC)