Burning Man, part 16

Burning Man, part 16

I want to make sure we get out to the Man before the crazi­ness starts, so we decide to leave. JJ and B and Karen come with us. I’m hoping for an art car but they’re all full.We tromp the dis­tance to the Man and see the arms raise as we get closer. He’s been...
Burning Man, part 16

Burning Man, part 15

The park is much more fun with a crowd. We are all sleepy from the late night before and lie on the grass mas­sa­ging each other’s backs and strok­ing each other’s arms. I want to go to the swim­ming pool again and every­one seems keen but they are...

Burning Man, part 14

While eating break­fast Sat­urday, a woman named Kati wanders into the dome wear­ing noth­ing but a cream col­oured silk scarf draped around her pale cream-col­oured neck and car­ry­ing a pink para­sol. She has pink rib­bons in her hair and eyes tilted...
Burning Man, part 13

Burning Man, part 13

I got a ride on a weirdly tall bicycle up 2 to Inter­tidal. Someone gave me an ice-cold grape Otter Pop.The swim­ming pool was glor­i­ously cold, one of those child’s inflat­able pools that was just large enough to sit in up to my neck. I was alone...
Burning Man, part 12

Burning Man, part 12

On my way to a swim­ming pool aethyrflux had told me about at 2 and Inter­tidal, I saw that the queue for the ”Talk to God” phone box was quite short. I picked up the phone.”Hi God.””Hi. Before we start,” said the voice, ”This is my male...