Oct 2007
VIVA LA HENDY!
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My written words rarely matches my spoken in enthusiasm and color, but in this case one word sums up my journey to Middle Earth: "magic". A place where reality meets a twisted fate of truth, space, and freedom. My soul and inner child had no idea how much magic I was missing in my life...
The feeling of being part of a tribe never struck such a chord before. I have been the dreadlock/longhair/dress-wearing freak, and -- here in the middle of America -- a shorthair/spacey/ski freak. At Burning Man, I found the tribe I had been looking for: between Wyoming Camp/Sacred Sound & Vision and the Boogie Universal folks, my sense of placement and direction came together.
I had no idea what to expect, except that I had to go and the time was right. Life is made up of so many twist and turns, all of which can last a long time, maybe even a lifetime. My road as of recent has been filled with turns, and Burning Man was the perfect way to see the new road clearly. Wow! What a road I have in front of me! I am not sure why, but I left the playa exhausted, spent, burnt, but more ready to tackle the world then ever. Strange…
Maybe it's because our paths crossed again, or maybe because the Chinese Junk grooved me back to my inner child, or maybe it was a quick mix of it all. Whatever the case all I can say is thank you…. thank you to it all…. the magic of it all: the morning music sets, the stoney bike rides, the best nap I have ever had in hammock, snow cones, women -- did I mention the mindbending ladies? -- and all the other organized chaos that I love so much.
Returning was tough due to the work load and the looming realities of the pain that lay ahead, but time has passed and my world is shifting into a new reality. It is a reality that has a new tribe of friends, experiences, and killer dance grooves. I can't wait till our paths cross again and we shake it into the morning light.
Jah love,
Hende-
AND YES I AM IN MEXICO....SURFS UP....!
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Saturday Sunrise at the Temple
Moontroll's second
movie, built from video footage, photos and audio field recordings
gathered on-playa at Burning Man 2007, is complete and ready for
your eyeballs!
Here it is as
hosted on YouTube:
Unfortunately, the resolution of this version is so low that the viewer misses out on some of the rich detail. We're working on getting Burning Man 2007 movies posted on our Films webpage, but something isn't working correctly as of yet, and Moontroll hopes to rebuild the Films section so that higher-quality versions of his movies can be shared.
Stay tuned....and if you enjoy the show, please leave a comment and/or rating at YouTube!
Unfortunately, the resolution of this version is so low that the viewer misses out on some of the rich detail. We're working on getting Burning Man 2007 movies posted on our Films webpage, but something isn't working correctly as of yet, and Moontroll hopes to rebuild the Films section so that higher-quality versions of his movies can be shared.
Stay tuned....and if you enjoy the show, please leave a comment and/or rating at YouTube!
Hey Broke Dudes!
Hello
hello...here I am at my day job, going through the robotic motions,
while my thoughts drift elsewhere. The whole desert
affair has tunneled its way into the lobe, and there it is. I
can't stop thinking about it!
Many blessings
of gratitude to the three broke dudes for sharing your space and
playing groovious music and radiating with kindness.
Conversely, thank you to the LADIES of Boogie Universal...I am
indebted to the women who clothed me during a major wardrobe
malfunction on a night when my brain was in another
galaxy...somewhere on the other side of the pink birthday
cake...thanks to Hektor too for the fine zebra striped
blazer! Also, Brock rocked....and I could keep going and so
it goes...
I am strangely haunted by the ghostlike fine line between order and chaos that permeated the playa with an apparition's stealth. ...wtf? Such a magical city of Extremes (exreme from all angles -- white out winds to full arched rainbow, glittering love-sprites to Thunderdome, Green Man to massive mushroom explosives, etc) with absolute functionality!!! I will never forget my first bike ride at night out on the playa. A new world exposed and my eyes and soul were agape!
Many banters, smatterings and rants are uncoiling, and will continue to do so...at least till I get bored of pulling meaning out of hopelessly removed minutae and embrace the lessons for this life's journey! Hopefully RamonaM and I will hook up soon to decompress/reflect together from our own vantage points. Hope to see the broke dudes 3 again....soooooo happy to have met you all.
Be Well,
R.
I am strangely haunted by the ghostlike fine line between order and chaos that permeated the playa with an apparition's stealth. ...wtf? Such a magical city of Extremes (exreme from all angles -- white out winds to full arched rainbow, glittering love-sprites to Thunderdome, Green Man to massive mushroom explosives, etc) with absolute functionality!!! I will never forget my first bike ride at night out on the playa. A new world exposed and my eyes and soul were agape!
Many banters, smatterings and rants are uncoiling, and will continue to do so...at least till I get bored of pulling meaning out of hopelessly removed minutae and embrace the lessons for this life's journey! Hopefully RamonaM and I will hook up soon to decompress/reflect together from our own vantage points. Hope to see the broke dudes 3 again....soooooo happy to have met you all.
Be Well,
R.
hibernating....
Life's been a
whirlwind for the Three Broke Dudes upon returning to the Default
World. There was barely time to process our experiences in the
desert before we got swooped up by the flow of our
routines...
This blog is gonna be pretty quiet through the winter. This whole website is due for an overhaul to reflect the fact that we did indeed make it to Burning Man this year, along with Bellingham's kick-ass Boogie Universal crew and the ill-fated Boogie Pyramid. Did I mention that it collapsed in the first giant dust storm on Thursday? Turned out to be but a simple wrinkle in our plans: we rolled up the wreckage, set it to the side, dug some sand out of our ear holes and partied on. Took the Boogie out underneath the stars, and we're probably all the better for it.
Did I mention that the Three Broke Dudes became the Four? So many tales to tell...
While there might not be moment to moment updates and reports as during the months and weeks leading up to the Burn, we are working with the raw materials that we collected on the playa -- photos, audio field recordings, video, stories, sand, soulsauce reductions -- and plan on sharing what we craft with our friends, fellow Boogiers and Burners and random wanderers to this here website. In other words, Edubious, moontroll and Hekter will be writing stories, making movies and slideshows, mixing podcasts and the like over the dark nights of winter and posting them here and there across the digital spectrum at destinationburningman.com. This blog will make note as to when something is new, and tell you where to find it too (right now, there is a short docudrama film that moontroll made to give respects to the dust storms and double rainbow being hosted on YouTube right here; he's hard at work on another film following the rise and fall of the Boogie Pyramid and Edubious is halfway done mixing up his musical response to his first Burn in podcast form...stay tuned.)
We also invite you to share your creations, memories and tall tales from the Green Man on this website. Contact us at destinationburningman@gmail.com with your ideas, links to your Burning stuff, hallucinations, music mixes, whatever...
Stay in touch!
This blog is gonna be pretty quiet through the winter. This whole website is due for an overhaul to reflect the fact that we did indeed make it to Burning Man this year, along with Bellingham's kick-ass Boogie Universal crew and the ill-fated Boogie Pyramid. Did I mention that it collapsed in the first giant dust storm on Thursday? Turned out to be but a simple wrinkle in our plans: we rolled up the wreckage, set it to the side, dug some sand out of our ear holes and partied on. Took the Boogie out underneath the stars, and we're probably all the better for it.
Did I mention that the Three Broke Dudes became the Four? So many tales to tell...
While there might not be moment to moment updates and reports as during the months and weeks leading up to the Burn, we are working with the raw materials that we collected on the playa -- photos, audio field recordings, video, stories, sand, soulsauce reductions -- and plan on sharing what we craft with our friends, fellow Boogiers and Burners and random wanderers to this here website. In other words, Edubious, moontroll and Hekter will be writing stories, making movies and slideshows, mixing podcasts and the like over the dark nights of winter and posting them here and there across the digital spectrum at destinationburningman.com. This blog will make note as to when something is new, and tell you where to find it too (right now, there is a short docudrama film that moontroll made to give respects to the dust storms and double rainbow being hosted on YouTube right here; he's hard at work on another film following the rise and fall of the Boogie Pyramid and Edubious is halfway done mixing up his musical response to his first Burn in podcast form...stay tuned.)
We also invite you to share your creations, memories and tall tales from the Green Man on this website. Contact us at destinationburningman@gmail.com with your ideas, links to your Burning stuff, hallucinations, music mixes, whatever...
Stay in touch!