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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Burning Man, Me, and Home

As an adult I have learned that my family is made up of people I love unconditionally; whether they are blood, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. I describe Burning Man as a reunion of the 50,000 family members I haven’t met yet. BM is my home, for those seven days I am loved and spend my days loving. After attending BM in 2008 and 2009 I am hoping that I can show my love and appreciation through art in 2010. In addition to my installation, I will continue my participation as a member of Pleasure Garden inside Snowflake Village and work my shifts on the Esplanade manning the sunscreen station.
I can imagine Home placed on the playa with people relaxing inside, dancing, performing, children playing house. Having experienced the terrible windstorms, I have considered the strong winds and will have 5 inch openings worked within the fabric in each row of patchwork to allow the wind to pass thru but, hopefully, avoiding filling the home with playa dust.

Monday, December 21, 2009

A Burner's Home

Home Today:
It seems like now, in this tumultuous world we live in, the idea of a home has left us all. My family has been hit hard by the fall of the economy. Both my father and my brother have felt the fall and pressure and at 24, when it seems like so many of my peers are going “home” for the holidays I am glad to know that, if nothing else, we are all safe and healthy because my Home is tucked safe away inside of me. I refuse to let the ideal of a home be swept away by a fleeting poor market. The stereotype of a Home is evolving. No longer is a mother, father, 2.5 kids, and a dog the standard nor the desire. I have been hoping that this poor economy, these tough times, would help to bring Americans together; reinstate a sense of home within us all; force us to look outside the stereotype and create a new way of viewing relationships, contentment, human interactions.