Below I list my favourite 10 art pieces. They may not be the same as anyone else's but everyone loved Moondancer. I'd say that was the real hit of this year. The gold art car in the featured photo is Little Abraxis. I hadn't seen this dragon before. Biking to See the Art This was my eighth big … [Read more...]
Lover of Canadian Smarties & Race Car Driver I was able to interview Firebird at Wasteland Weekend in the Mojave Desert in California. He talks about his love of Canadian food, old cars and racing, and the development of his Wasteland identity. Enjoy the video. The transcript … [Read more...]
My travel partner for my big California trip had arranged with Vancouver friends to celebrate her 50th birthday at Desert Hearts. Travel - Getting There I had already come down from the island for the Los Angeles regional Burning Man event. Nature I didn't see much nature while I was at Desert … [Read more...]
My Los Angeles friend, Mike, that we camp with at Art Model Camp at Burning Man had mentioned wanting to go to Wasteland Weekend. The festival used to be called Mad Max weekend as it it mostly based on those films. Travel - Getting to Wasteland Weekend Getting places isn't the problem. Getting to … [Read more...]
Burning Man 2014 was harder to get to than usual. This is the story about Waiting Man - the first time in history that Burning Man was closed. This speech was filmed at the Communicators Toastmaster Club. This is the transcript of the speech. It takes about nine minutes to watch. Toastmaster … [Read more...]
VEDA #5 Making Burner Friends (Contacts) - Transcript (about 14 minutes to watch) Hello. Welcome to Penguin's Wanderlust Video blogging for every day (VEDA) in April. So today I made notes because we have a lot to cover today. So today's topic is If you're going to Burning Man and you don't know … [Read more...]
VEDA #4 Is it worthwhile to go to Burning Man? (about 8 minutes viewing time) (Blurry video because it was on Auto setting late in the day. It's a learning process. It's all good.) The following is the transcript from my fourth day of VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April): Hi, today's been really … [Read more...]
VEDA #9 Leave No Trace – Transcript (Takes about 12 minutes to view) Hello, and welcome to Penguin's Wanderlust. Burning Man advice is what I'm doing this month for VEDA (Vlog Every Day in April challenge). So today I though I would start on Burning Man's 10 Principles. Larry wrote these … [Read more...]
Lamplighting at Burning Man is a fun thing to do. The Lamplighters are the longest running performance art at Burning Man. I like being a lamplighter. In 2009 after lamplighting in the desert I became the Keeper of the Lamps for the online regional Burning Life in Second Life. In 2010 I became … [Read more...]
With so many fun and interesting things happening all week long in Black Rock City, how do you choose what to do? Some people are philosophically opposed to planning any agenda. They prefer to just see what magically appears to them. A variation on the whole "the Playa will provide" concept which … [Read more...]