Moontroll
aka
Christafari, Snork Dankerson, DJ Playaduster
Daniel Tommins & DJ Fundi
webmaster
of www.destinationburningman.com
and
www.podcastcafe.org
I got
talked in to going to my first Burn by a friend named Torsten in
2004. Didn't think it would be my kind of summer gathering, and
didn't think I was up to the challenge either. Little did I know
when my tires left the pavement and I tasted my first tang of playa
dust that my life would never be the same again. (I wrote a story
about that virginal experience in Black Rock City
here.)
I
returned to my civilian life and instantly made some major
adaptations and upgrades to my existence. I was inspired and zingy
and clear and newly extroverted. That buzz lasted me a full 3 years
before I returned to Burning Man again in 2007, this time arriving
on the scene with a full crew of over 40 people. We hailed
primarily from northwest Washington State, were loosely organized
under the "Boogie Universal" banner and came to the playa with a
40-foot tall pyramid. We set up a theme camp on the Esplanade, at
the 9 o'clock keyhole, and hosted dance parties in our Boogie
Pyramid all week -- until it blew down in a giant windstorm that
is. (The entire story of the rise and fall of the
Boogie Pyramid is told here.) (And another version is here.)
After an aborted attempt to go to my third Burning Man in 2008, I
have my Evolution ticket and am looking forward to the portal
opening again for me in 2009. I've cultivated a small tribe of
friends I like to go there with -- DJ Edubious, Hekter McElliott,
Ramona Mayhem, the aforementioned Torsten, hopefully new friends
this summer -- and spend a goodly portion of the year daydreaming
about BRC, shopping thrift stores for wigs and playawear, listening
to our dBM
podcasts and watching
videos from our burns and keeping
up this here website, Destination Burning Man.
I've made a lot of friends in my community because of Burning Man
and feel an affinity with most people who make the annual ritual a
part of their daily life. I work hard at folding the lessons and
insights and inspirations I gather on-playa in to my ongoing
Default World lifestyle. I believe it to be the most powerful and
craziest gathering I've ever been a part of and can see burning, at
semi-regular intervals, right on in to my golden years.
I love to hear from other Burners who appreciate what this site --
a gift to the community-- has to offer:
destinationburningman@gmail.com.
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