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...]
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...]
Impossible. Playa Time takes over as soon as you leave Reno. You no longer have control over how long anything will take. In 2013 the line was stopped all the way back at Pyramid Lake. So we were happy this year that getting to the playa was quick. We had already lost a day due to the RV dying. … [Read more...]
This web site will be about "burner travel". No definition exists for what that means. Here is a short list of some of the things that I think it entails. If you think I've missed one then let me know in the comments. The bus photo above is from the party that exploded on Gate Road when Burning Man … [Read more...]
On Facebook some of my burner friends are stating the number of days remaining until Burning Man. The countdown is given on the front page of the Burning Man web site. I used to be like that. Living for the week in the desert. In a way it's kind of a sad way to live. It isn't living in the present. … [Read more...]