My trip to Burning Man was as always life changing and recharging. I painted in severe conditions not just the one 8x8ft painting I was invited to do but asked if I would like to paint another one the same size. So of course I did. In the c
— at salt flats in Bonneville UT.
ourse of painting these works I met some rather well know artists and connected people. Time and time again I received praise and invite’s to show in LA and San Fran. The comments as I was working into the night drove me to finish my painting in about eight hours. Crowds gathered from time to time to watch me work and one couple even cooked me dinner, forever grateful for that one. I have to thank “E” my Center Camp host the most for getting me the hook up not once but twice. Now that I have my foot in the door next year’s move will be even bigger.
My Camp that I help found four years ago is about to break wide open. Camp HATE is all about illustrating how ridiculous we project our hate towards one and another. We are fond of saying “Don’t waste the HATE!” We also love to play the devil’s advocate forcing debate and therefore some balance on the Playa. Hate and love go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other and both can destroy lives and divide people. So similar they are in their emotional effects on people that it’s often wise to find a middle ground than to go to either extreme. Next year Hate will seek placement.
I now have new friends for life as predicted, each a different personality and background and some from across the globe. My last friend made at the burn was my ride share Ido who I met the last full day of the Burn by chance. A world traveler based in Mexico now with dreams as big as mine. I wish him and all the others the best.
Change can come weeks after the burn and it takes a bit to sink in and be tested back in the world. For me the first blow came early on Wednesday I think it was. The other changes are still rolling in along with new challenges I have to face right out of the gate. I could not have been any more ready for it other than I didn’t see the opening sucker punch. Should have been LISTENING closer and been ready to dodge it. None the less all is good and I’m up and ready to take this on now. I have learned that in my life I have all I need to live but not what I want to have a life.
In closing I have logged 4,000 miles, over a week in extreme dessert conditions, two weeks from home, lost ten pounds and now fit into a size 34 pant for the fist time since my twenties, produced art for over 50,000 people to see, been praised by my burner family for that work, tons of contacts made with more flowing in even now, had my values adjusted and inspiration kicked up a notch and all in all got me a nice tan. (There too much to list really.)The world still takes me to task but now I’m ready to deal with it. So fuck all the bullshit this man is getting down to the business of having a life.
My Camp that I help found four years ago is about to break wide open. Camp HATE is all about illustrating how ridiculous we project our hate towards one and another. We are fond of saying “Don’t waste the HATE!” We also love to play the devil’s advocate forcing debate and therefore some balance on the Playa. Hate and love go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other and both can destroy lives and divide people. So similar they are in their emotional effects on people that it’s often wise to find a middle ground than to go to either extreme. Next year Hate will seek placement.
I now have new friends for life as predicted, each a different personality and background and some from across the globe. My last friend made at the burn was my ride share Ido who I met the last full day of the Burn by chance. A world traveler based in Mexico now with dreams as big as mine. I wish him and all the others the best.
Change can come weeks after the burn and it takes a bit to sink in and be tested back in the world. For me the first blow came early on Wednesday I think it was. The other changes are still rolling in along with new challenges I have to face right out of the gate. I could not have been any more ready for it other than I didn’t see the opening sucker punch. Should have been LISTENING closer and been ready to dodge it. None the less all is good and I’m up and ready to take this on now. I have learned that in my life I have all I need to live but not what I want to have a life.
In closing I have logged 4,000 miles, over a week in extreme dessert conditions, two weeks from home, lost ten pounds and now fit into a size 34 pant for the fist time since my twenties, produced art for over 50,000 people to see, been praised by my burner family for that work, tons of contacts made with more flowing in even now, had my values adjusted and inspiration kicked up a notch and all in all got me a nice tan. (There too much to list really.)The world still takes me to task but now I’m ready to deal with it. So fuck all the bullshit this man is getting down to the business of having a life.
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