The Man Burns Again and Again and Again and Again

The "Current" Television channel, 107 in the Boston area, has a Burning Man weekend, and shows the entire burn at 11:00 p.m. I watched and the fire stayed in my head all night and sleep was restless. The fire dancers are incredibly cool. One just wants to join in. I twirled a fire baton for a bit in high school, but I suspect that is not a skill that would easily return. Seem to remember a lot of practice.

At 12:00 a second burn was replayed, of the oil derrick. The figures worshipping the oil derrick were so powerful. During the burn, all the theme camps were listed at the bottom of the screen. The creativity just erupts at this event. Tremendous costumes, art cars, imagination, gigantic art installations , all surrounded by the techno beat. Women welding. What a beautiful sight!

I don't know if the temple burn came later. Went to bed. This years temple was different, much more geometic, but still beautiful. David Best rocks!

This Current channel seems to be a youth channel, with lots of cool ads and programming by young folks, of which Grape Shot is with them in spirit if not age.

Of course, some of the Burners are not kids either. David Best, of the temple fame is gray and Coyote, of Burning Man fame is also not a kid. Nor is Larry Harvey or Maid Marian.

My dream is to build a tiny log home in Gerlach and live there part of the year, in the beauty and the isolation, and getting back in touch with things that city life just sweeps away.

So turn into the Current channel before midnight today if you have a chance and weren't at the burn in 2007.

Flame on,

Grapeshop