"What is Burning Man?" - I wish I had a simple answer like, "It is an art festival." or "It is a music festival" or "It is a hippie thing." - But Burning Man is incredibly complex. With 60,000 people - Burning Man becomes ALL things.... If you want to dance, Burning Man has dance clubs, big beautiful and vast. If you love art, there are over 500 art installations, spread out for miles in the desert, they will even give you a guided tour. If you are a recovering alcoholic, they have AA camp and meetings every day. If you love yoga and spirituality, they have classes all day, every day. They have silly camps like dodge ball camp and taco camp and happy candy camp and Lord of the Rings camp. Literally, if you can dream up a camp, it exists there..... They even have a Zombie Unicorn camp (whatever that might be...)
And all that stuff is fun... yepBut... I would not drive 5,000 miles for silly camps in the desert, nope - The magnet that pulls me to Burning Man... is the COMMUNITY!..... Neighbors at this festival really become your family, your closest friends... Can you imagine knowing every single person on your street where you live? At Burning Man - that happens.. By the end of the week, you know every single person on your street. You share meals together, you share you stories together, you share your costumes and your batteries and your tiki lights.... You sit under tents in sandstorms together. These people come from all over the world - Japan, Australia, Belize, Iceland....The atmosphere is unbelievable and full of culture and friendly faces.
I love this festival like no other..... It keeps a light inside of me going.... It reinforces my idea that ALL things are possible... The biggest step to Burning Man, is just *getting* there... Once you are there, the city, the art, the landscape, the people, and the community embrace you... It is an beautiful festival.
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I threw you some sheckles! GOOD LUCK!
Follow your heart and go to Burning MAN! Get in touch with your self, let go of negative baggage from the past, go crazy and come home refreshed and ready to start your new life.
It may not be responsible do donate 100$ (which I just did), but it feels good to support a woman with a strong passion and that dares to follow her dream. It does help that you look gorgeous and have some great naturally curves, but it takes a strong mind to dare showing them off :)
just donated. good luck and hope you make it! :)
i have donated $50 to your effort. A friend of mine, Keren Wandering Flower, is at Burning Man. She means a lot to me. If she asked me for $50 to go to Burning Man I would give it to her. She doesn't need the money so I'm donating it to you (I do look forward to the calendar). I doubt your paths will cross at that huge festival but if they do ask her to give you a hug on my behalf. She is an Canadian, average height and full figured 27 year old. What am I saying, you will probably not meet. Good luck raising your funds. Enjoy Burning Man.
I wish for both oursakes I'd won the lottery or had a bucket of extra cash to get you there and back but alas, I can only give you good karma and a place to crash should you need it. If however you need anything that I can help with just let me know. Luv and Hugz Doug in Joplin
I am married with 3 kids and I don’t watch much TV, I hate reality shows but since I found your blog and vast portfolio I can’t stop following on Twitter, Formspring and Facebook your adventures and real life situations are amazing. Everyday I weak up to see what happen on the new episode of “The Chronicles of London”. I think you are smart and very well spoken beside of being an extremely beautiful woman.
I wish I can help you with some donation but at this moment I can’t afford it. I wish you receive enough money for your trip (I can’t wait to hear your stories of running naked on the desert of Nevada… and of course the pictures. Wink, Wink).
At this moment I only can donate my best wishes and bunch of positive energy so you can go on your trip…. Now I got to go to play with the kids my only hope is that my donation deserve some of that Virtual Catalog of yours.
Good Luck.
tecnostone - wjgs@live.com
My heart is Burning Man. This life you read about. It began when I started to attend this festival. It has pushed me to my absolute lowest (man am I scared of this festival) .... it has challenged me to my highest (wow do I look forward to this love).....
Andrew: you should come to the festival. Because... I love you and that is how this place works. Some people need help sometimes. Sometimes things work out.... This is my first year, in four year, I need help... too much going on.... I need support to find my magic....
I hope that you all understand that your thoughts and your positive ideas, help me get to where I want to go...... you know that, right? If you cannot donate. If you cannot help with that kind of stuff.... send me love. With your brain. It really really really helps. I feel it.... is that weird? I really do, though...... And I thank you.
I looked more into Burning Man....there is a documentary on Netflix for those of us who had no idea what it was.
I donated. I grew old and never chased a dream, now I am an old dude with fear. I gladly donate to you to keep your hope and smile alive. Your a positive roll model. Keep living the dream without fear.
J Wolf
plane tickets would have been cheaper. :(
Is there not adventure in education anymore?
$50 donated to your cause. GOOD LUCK!
It's a single tank ok gas, but if it helps you on the way to Reno so BM can feed your soul ! Then I m sure we shall get some weird stories and some good news from you. Hope you manage to get there and enjoy. Arnaud from France
so much will
so much decision
so much open mind
so much hope
so many warm vibes
between the lines,
exchange rates ridiculously low..
easy to help...
hope to get You two going and BACK
please take my soul with You to BM and tell the desert I'm longing to come...
sending many good vibes to You two travelling souls, may all the good people come out between the rock when You need them!
ENJOY !!!
maybe You'll drop a line before You go
that would be nice to know!
I sent $50. I can't wait to see the pics! Have fun and get back safely.
London - GO! GO! GO!
Dance, sing and smile in the middle of all the creative madness that is Burning Man. Let all the crazy energy roll over you and through you...let it fill you up to the brim and carry you home to start school.
Who knows, you may run into that naive girl that you once were, and if you are lucky...you might see a glimpse of the woman you are becoming.
Life is an adventure - GO!
XoX-Christine
PS - I pulled a few $$$ from my travel fund to aid you on your way. Have a great time!
A few smiles maybe http://xkcd.com/948/ :D
I hope you had a great time.
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