Comments on: Let’s do that again some time …

By: Mischa

Mischa — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:54:58 +0000

Three years later, this is still the best burning blog I’ve ever read.

By: shunshyne

shunshyne — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:26:28 +0000

I’m grateful to have found this blog. I have felt myself getting bogged down in the default world recently. I’ve even been having panic attacks. That is an entirely new phenomenon directly linked to what was formerly known as my 401k and my “job security”. Being educated only exasperates the problem. Our prospects are grim regardless of who is in the white house. Viewing this blog and remembering the burn have relieved some of my anxiety. I can always move into my beater motor home and live in a a park if they foreclose on my traditional domicile. Hell, in some ways it would just simplify everything. Pretty soon the beater mobile home will be high living for most of us. Once again I am grateful. I’m going to dig out some of my gear and snort it right now. Thanks

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By: Knotch

Knotch — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:06:18 +0000

Great post!
But you’ve already washed the playa off? Our truck won’t get washed outside or in. And we we are still drinking the playa covered bottles of water that we WAY overstocked on for BRC this year. I love the smell of the playa as I drink it. And boxes are still packed with shoes, socks and shirts totally covered in dust from that last big one….. I just can’t bear the thought of washing any of it away………….. I just may go put the tent up this weekend and wallow around in it and sleep there to revive myself again…

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By: Aurora

Aurora — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:58:22 +0000

Thank you for the post! It is truly sad to leave, but there are several ways to keep the memories alive and to reflect on what we have done there. Mangusta LAFCO has created a short film to capture the soul dust in sight, but alas sound and smell do not transfer to video yet.

see the clip at http://www.mangustalafco.com

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By: Kaili Otter

Kaili Otter — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:17:30 +0000

This was the first year I missed since I started going 7 years ago. Thanks for your beautiful post; it was a slice of home.

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By: pilar

pilar — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:11:51 +0000

aww, curley! you almost made me cry!

what a beautiful, silly, frustrating, unforgettable,
awe-provoking, difficult-as-hell-to-integrate thing
it is we do out there, eh?

“soul dust” indeed.

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By: couglite

couglite — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:20:07 +0000

I just packed away the last of my gear. You said it all perfectly. A complete reflection. Thanks for your mirror.

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By: sparky

sparky — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:21:58 +0000

I agree with Katrina.
You are a poet and write beautifully.
What a noble gift you share with us.

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By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:35:01 +0000

I was one of those premature evacuators on Saturday night, but my intense desire to get to a hotel room in Reno and finally rinse the grit/sand/dust off my body didn’t hold true for my gear. This week I finally rinsed and washed away the physical dust… but the soul dust (as bug.out nicely put it) remains inside.

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By: sparky

sparky — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:44:45 +0000

I hear a lot of complaints about what Burning Man is or isn’t, and what it has become.
And this was a particularly rough year for many people, myself included.

But that being said:
There is nothing like this event happening anywhere else on earth in our lifetime.
Even at it’s most flawed,
it’s still one of the most nurturing experiences I have all year.
The warmth, friendliness, comeraderie… mind blowing art. sense of community. there’s nothing else like it.

I will return home as long as my “family” is there to welcome me with open arms.

Michael.

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