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...

Burning Man, part 11

Headed to Center Camp for espresso then tried to get over to the steam bath again but the line was enorm­ous and by then it was get­ting on for midday.I had inter­views lined up with the crew from Mechabolic, which was an amaz­ing pro­ject to build a 110-foot...
Burning Man, part 10

Burning Man, part 10

aethyrflux and I wandered off and had one of those magical Burn­ing Man nights where you meander across the playa talk­ing about mys­ti­cism and sci­ence, emer­gent con­scious­ness and cre­ativ­ity. We saw Swarm (I’d been look­ing for them for a few nights),...