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Burning Man and Fly Ranch /  by Richard

Land Art Generator Initiative and Burning Man Project have partnered to launch a multi-disciplinary design challenge—LAGI 2020 Fly Ranch—that will create the foundational infrastructure of Fly Ranc

To host residencies, gatherings, and projects at Fly Ranch, the site will need infrastructure. We could bring generators, bottled water, packaged food, tents, and dispose of our waste off-site, but why would we do that when we have the opportunity to mobilize the desert-tested ingenuity of the Burning Man community and the inspiration of a greater creative culture to build scalable and sustainable solutions in one of the harshest climates in the world?

Happy New Year folks! /  by Richard

The world never changes quite the way you expect, but soon this year and a decade have come to an end.

Disruption, streaming, recurrent payment… has become the overused and abused buzzword together with our loved smartphones following the cash-generating clicks, and ridiculous valuations for companies that were really good at hiding how little they actually had to offer.

We also experienced the arty shredding masterpieces and $185’000 bananas. Money still create such good taste. We faced all the different Ponzi schemes from Madoff to Fyre Festival. And this is the decade of fake: fake presidents, fake news, fake Burning Man and so many fake tits and fake that. Now we have political-immigration, economical-immigration and ecological-immigration, who cares about war & murder migration …

The “Free Tech” that everybody wants!

Back in 2010, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused a minor uproar by suggesting that “privacy was passé”, well today you don’t need a backup anymore. Just call your device producer, telco or government spy agency, and they know where your lost file is.

During this decade we saw the Arab Spring, Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and the Hong Kong movements and so many more beautiful dreams and democratic processes crushed. Then came President Trump by raping USA with “Make America Fake Again”, later with his new FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who just killed Net-neutrality. Well tech wise don’t worry, you don’t have to do anything, just relax; Facebook will elect your new government. Alexa will educate your kids, while Google drives you to the nearest Saudi Embassy regarding your new book. In many ways, today’s politics are reflective of a world attempting to hide its problems from itself, with alternative facts and fake news.

And what about the new weather and Greta!

A year ago, she sat in front of my government and Klimatstrejkerna, making the headlines in the local news. Today Greta Thunberg is Time's “Person of the Year”, but one of the most powerful women is still a girl. Funny that Presidents and CEOs don’t remember histories like David and Goliath. Why do we call David an underdog? Well, we call him an underdog because he's a kid, a little kid, and Goliath is this big, strong giant. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Does any of this matter?

Naa, just revel in New Year’s Eve; cheer with good friends! Have a bottle of Champagne or two. And, this year, while ringing in a new decade, forget for a moment that we’re overpopulated, soon with no food, having Kim & Donald running the “mentally unstable man with nuclear weapon” competition, so let’s enjoy it while we can!

Me, I did spend most of 2019 at Fawlty Towers (I always felt sorry for Basil, no one believed him), and taking care of my dying dad, great occupation zigzagging on the European autobahns with an 84 year old, recently I did 29’700 km in 3 month.

Before 2019, I worked to live, not lived to work and traveled our blue planet playing Don Draper for 5 years besides running around in deserts as in Game of Thrones with a camera at different Burning Man, what a great occupation. Remember to start your day with a clean heart; end your day with a dirty mind.
More important, during 2019 I got to know my father, who he really was, where he came from and I got the chance to say goodbye to him. Basically, to understand who I am!

Happy New Year folks, 2020 will rock harder than ever.

PS - I promise there was no Russian interference in the processes of написать this txt.

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Larry Harvey /  by Richard

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Larry Harvey and Jerry James burned the first Man on San Francisco's Baker Beach on the Summer Solstice, June 21, 1986.

Larry died Saturday in San Francisco after suffering a massive stroke on April 4. He was 70.

I went for the first time in 2013 and today pretty much everything in my life right now is a result of Burning Man.

“We don’t use the trademark to market anything. It’s our identity.”
— Larry Harvey
Black Rock City LLC Founders Will Roger Peterson, Crimson Rose, Michael Mikel, Larry Harvey, Harley K. Dubois, and Marian Goodell

Black Rock City LLC Founders Will Roger Peterson, Crimson Rose, Michael Mikel, Larry Harvey, Harley K. Dubois, and Marian Goodell

Larry was born on Jan. 11, 1948, and adopted as an infant by Author Harvey and the former Katherine Langford. His parents were farmers near Portland, Ore., and his father also worked as a carpenter. In an article that Mr. Harvey wrote for The Independent in 2014, he said that he and his brother, Stewart, who was also adopted, “felt like exchange students: Everyone treated us well, but we didn’t quite fit.”

Rural life did not suit him, and his parents were not exactly spiritual adventurers. “The heart can really expire under those conditions,” Larry told Inc. magazine in 2012. “I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.”

This year’s theme is: I, Robot.

Burning Man 2017 with more than 70,000 people celebrating.

Burning Man 2017 with more than 70,000 people celebrating.

Burning Man 2014 /  by Richard

Near the end of summer every year, about 100 miles north of Reno in the Nevada desert, tens of thousands of people gather for the Burning Man festival, an oasis for the most eclectic group of people on the planet. Burning Man started with a bonfire at San Francisco’s Baker Beach in 1986. This year, the tickets to the playa was sold out in less than 45 minutes and we were at least 100'000 participant including the Burning Man staff.

“If you haven’t been, you just don’t get it”
— Elon Musk

The first day of Burning Man was canceled due to poor weather this year, and we all waited in line, in front of the gates for 24 hrs. Regardless, the party started there between cars and RVs!

“BRC is closed until midday Tuesday due to rain and standing water. Playa is un-drivable. Law enforcement is turning cars back.”
— Burning Man Traffic (@bmantraffic)

The Burning Man art and its participant pushes the limits of human creativity to test the unauthorized and permitted limits, here are some pictures from this year.

2014 ART THEME: CARAVANSARY /  by Richard

This year will the Burning Man art theme be caravansary, that occupies the crossroads of a dreamland: a bazaar of the bizarre wherein treasures of every sort, from every land and age, flow in and out to be flaunted, lost, exploited and discovered.

Caravansary is a Persia word from late 16th cent. Caravansary means an inn with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa or a group of people travelling together; a caravan...

Like the ancient Silk Route, Burning Man's communities are also spread worldwide. Check out my photos from last year.

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Once a year, tens of thousands of participants gather in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to create Black Rock City, dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance. This year it starts the Aug. 25th 2014.

being part of a process /  by Richard

Burning Man is the experience of a product called 'freedom' that anyone can purchase for $380.

First let's be pragmatic:

  • Bad ideas: "That'll never work"
  • Good ideas: "That could work"
  • Great ideas: "That'll never work"

Burning Man is a great idea that works better than you could imagine. It's often described as an experiment in radical self-expression and radical self-reliance, based on the Ten Principles.

Burning Man was founded in 1986 when San Francisco artist Larry Harvey gathered a small group of people on the Summer Solstice to burn an 8-foot wooden structure of a man at Baker Beach. Today, Burning Man is celebrated on an empty lake bed in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno, Nevada.

In Black Rock City, all commercial activity is forbidden and is replaced by the adoption of an extensive barter economy and the practice of "gifting."

It is a party in the desert with your Sparkle Pony. That's basically it.

Cargo Cult /  by Richard

A cargo cult is a kind of Melanesian millenarian movement encompassing a diverse range of practices and occurring on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu. The name derives from the apparent belief that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth "cargo".

Cargo cults often develop during a combination of crises. Under conditions of social stress, such a movement may form under the leadership of a charismatic figure. This leader may be "The Man".

And it was the art theme of Burning Man this year.

The influence of the sun on Burning Man /  by Richard

Being at the Burning Man when the sun is about to undergo a complete reversal of its magnetic field. The sun's north magnetic pole will become its south pole, and vice versa, in an event that will reverberate throughout the entire solar system.

The sun is currently going through what is known as solar maximum, when extra magnetic activity translates into greater chances to bombard the Earth with radiation and solar material.

These events can trigger auroras and disrupt satellite operations and even make Burners go wilder at the Playa, as you can see: 

The Holy Grail /  by Richard

The Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring into literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers. Conspiracy theories abound on the nature of the grail and the final location. 

It's here at Burning Man!

Yes, you read that right. This legend is based on the premise that the Burning Man is probably the single most crazy place on the planet, therefore the most safe place for the Holy Grail. FYI. It's the 5th element!  

Well check out my pictures: