Be there...Burning Man 2009...for a 43Things Convergence!

If anyone wants to get to know other burners in their own hometown, follow the link below to connect with a representative in your area. Some local groups are large and active, some are small and only get together once a year, or only connect via email. Either way, you might want to check out this link and see what’s going on in your area.

http://regionals.burningman.com/

I guess we were decompressing from real life… (since we weren’t at Burning Man this year). But it was great to get a little taste of the playa vibe without leaving our ZIP code, and to hear about everyone else’s adventures. Of course it got me even more excited about EVOLUTION 09.

We dressed in high style, made a few conquests, and shook our booties until 4:30 am, the latter of which is very uncharacteristic for this little bedbug.

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Okay Hawk… you convinced me! I have always wanted to go to Burning Man, as I am a hippie at heart, and have only heard incredible things about it. Not sure if 2009 will be the year for me, but I would like to think it could be.

Let’s hear some! The Art Theme for Burning Man 2009 is Evolution. What form do we want our 43T Theme Camp to take?

Converge. Create. Cremate.

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The Burning Man organizers have announced the art theme for Burning Man 2009!

Our theme this year prompts three related questions: What are we as human beings, where have we come from, and how may we adapt to meet an ever-changing world?

Following Ms. MacAran’s lead, let’s begin thinking of our presence at Burning Man 2009. How may we incorporate our 43T ethos into the event’s overarching theme of evolution?

Converge. Create. Cremate.

With Burning Man 2008 now finished, our thoughts should turn in earnest to 2009’s Burning Man convergence. To that end, I am excerpting the eloquent Hawkmeister’s thoughts on this unique experience, for those who did not catch them in their original context:

This event is held in one of earth’s most inhospitable regions. The environment contains no true soils, surface or ground water, vegetation, wildlife, threatened or endangered species, paleontology, waste material, anything we typically think of as “wilderness,” or cultural resources. No farmland, floodplain, wetland…not even any noxious weeds. It is blank. Empty. Severe. A vast alkali plain. And once a year, people come together here and construct a city. For one week. And afterwards, they clean it up, leaving no trace.

Your survival in this environment is in doubt. Unless you take personal responsibility for it. And wonder of wonders, people do. Not only do they survive, they come in the thousands and build incredible art displays on a scale to match the environment. They thrive in a place where they are allowed to be whomever and whatever they want to be. Who do you want to be? What do you want to do? Ask these questions in this environment, and they all boil down to the ultimate question:

What do I do now?

Doesn’t this seem like the perfect place to state a goal? To cheer others who are working towards attaining their goals? Doesn’t this seem like the perfect place to live the 43T ethos?

Converge. Create. Cremate.

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Hello! i have wanted to this for ages and ages but am trying to include it during a fantabulous mystical round the world tour!

Nice to meet like minded people!

Bring on the burn!

Jen x