BURNING MAN - A Tourist's contribution to Burning Man


MY STORY

I’ve been "burning" since 2009 and each year I try to contribute a variety of things back to the community. Even though my playa name is TOURIST, I am definitely more than that.


Tourist
 

I believe that Burning man is a canvas where all participants should contribute color to bring it to life.

My contributions / projects have been …

 

Temporary Tattoos

Tattoos
 

To go into the deep playa and carefully vacuum the desert just to give people something to laugh about (the apron is a must)

Vacuum
 

To hand out vibrators

Vibrators
 

To hand out watermelon slices at sunset and (mostly) sunrise (a friend follows with a trash bag)

Watermelons1
 
Watermelons2
 

To take photos of people with my L - O - V - E letters. These letters were cut out from old bicycle boxes and painted pink.

LOVE1
 
LOVE2
 
LOVE3
 

Take photos of burners with this Plexiglas mirror I had made so they can reflect what they LOVE in the mirror

Mirror
 

I played with Burners by dangling a butterfly at the end of a fishing rod which sparked the inner child in them to gently play with the butterfly.

Yellow Butterfly
 
Yellow Butterfly
 
Blue Butterfly
 

Me with my kids

Mirrorkids
 

To take virgins and my children to Black Rock City so they spread the love in the default world

Bus1
 
Bus2
 

Volunteer as a Temple Guardian each year

Guardian
 
 

Because I have had a childhood sticker collection, I decided to gift stickers most years. It's important to me that the recipient of the gift identify with the sticker and there isn’t an artist’s signature on the sticker.

 

2009 Evolution (bumper sticker)

2009Evolution
 

2010 Metropolis (the sticker wasn’t really theme related)

2010Metropolis
 

2013 Cargo Cult

2013CargoCult
 

2014 Caravansary

2014Carvansary
 

2015 Carnival of Mirrors

2015Carnival
 

2016 DaVinci's Workshop

2016DaVinci
 

2017 Radical Ritual (for me, musical beats are a part of rituals)

2017Ritual
 

2018 iRobot

2018iRobot
 

2019 Metamorphosis

2019Metamorposis
 

2022 Waking Dreams

2022WakingDreams
 

… and I fight to get a ticket to be able to do this again each year.

 
 
 
 

 


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