Dust & Illusions http://dustandillusions.com
Dust & Illusions looks at 30 years of history of Burning Man all the way back to the late 1970s deep into the origins of the event. Through 21 interviewees the film presents the philosophies that fueled the creation of the festival, and its evolution from a small gathering of friends to the largest “counter-cultural” event in North America. It offers a new perspective of the meaning of the event, and questions whether its organizers are more concerned about making sure the show is ready when the gate opens or they still truly engage in building a community and fostering art (4% of the total budget).
WOw I surely want to attend this once in my lifetime. Looks difficult as i live in India and dont have the means to travel to US, but i am inspired to may be start a burning man here in India.
Thanks for Climb account Planning in a Borneo/Mt. Kinabalu adventure in Feb '09. Your account gave me hope that I can actually do this! Thanks so much, fun and well-written, excellent pix.
cruel art cafe art cafe is run not by a german lady but by a swiss woman(judith distal). the woman is quite rude and brusque both with her customers and her staff who clearly fear her.
ufortunately she is the only one in town selling plane tickets. so if you want to fly out of el nido you have to go to her. philippinos lose commision and control of their own resources. to rude ,unpleasent foreigners to boot.very sad.
apart from that el nido is truly beautiful.
and luckily there are alternatives to that swiss amazon as far as eating and hanging out is concerned.
if you are a conscientious tourist you should avoid that ghengis khan of a woman.
CORRCT information Sorry to have a rant, but I feel I need to defend myself here
1. I am not negative about Boliva. In fact, out of the 50 countries I have visited, Bolivia is in my top five favourites. The people are warm and friendly, and the landscape is varied and stunning. The whole country simply captivated me
2. Not ALL women wear bowler hats. I have exaggerated here. However, MANY of them do. In the area of La Paz in which I was staying, MOST of them did. The purpose of this fact was simply to illustrate that women wear bowler hats, which is not the case in England
3. Yes, most Bolivians are Catholic, but their faith can be intertwined with that of Pachamama. In fact the special worship day of Pachamama, called "Martes de challa", is held one day before the Catholic “Ash Wednesday”. It is possible to be a practicing catholic, but still make offerings to Pachamama. For some people, they identify Pachamama with the Virgin Mary.
3. Just because you didn’t SEE anyone sprinkling alcohol on their cars, you assume it doesn’t happen? The ritual is called “challa”, and the sprinkling of alcohol is an offering to Pachamama. People sometimes sprinkle alcohol on the ground before drinking, and have been known to sprinkle it over a new home as a blessing. The practice may not be a wide one, but it does happen, more amongst the indigenous population
4. “DIDN"T SEE THE POLUTION THAT THIS WRITER IS WRITING ABOUT EITHER” You didn’t see ANY pollution? Take another look at the photo of the truck above, belching out fumes. I saw many, many instances of this. How could you miss it??
5. “I DIDN'T FIND THAT EVERYONE WAS NOISY OR LITTERED THE ROAD”. I never said everyone was noisy. Just that there were no noise pollution laws. As for the littering, some roads on the outskirts of La Paz were disgraceful. Plastic bags, bottles and general refuse piled high along the sides of the roads. Some of this may have been piling up for years, because as you know, plastic does not decompose. Not everywhere, but large enough amounts on some roads that you would have to be blind not to see them. There was much less littering once you got outside of La Paz
6. What is your point about the potatoes? Yes, many meals consist of potatoes. But there are also a number of Bolivian specialties (which incidentally do include potatoes). Did you not try Pique Macho or Silpancho Cochabambino which I mention above?
I have no idea why you think this information is incorrect. It seems to be that despite travelling through Bolivia, you yourself have missed many things
i love your story I love your telling style , it's eazy to imagine. ^^I'm the one who impressed Singapore also. There is clean ,clam but untra modern as you said.
Incorrect Information Much of this information is incorrect. Not all the women in La Paz wear bowler hats. You see quite a few, but maybe only 20% or so, if that high.
Most Bolivians are Catholic and I went on many trips, never saw anyone sprinkling the car with alcohol. Didn't see the polution that this writer is writing about either. Much of the food consists out of potatoes. As a matter of fact, the Aymara people were the ones, who discovered potatoes.
I didn't find that everyone was noisy or littered the road. I'm not sure where this writer gets his/her information from. I get the idea that they are pretty negative about the country.
Kees
Curry overload? Hi Pete, I am a random person that used to enjoy chuckling out loud whilst reading your blogs. I'm just concerned that you haven't blogged for a while. Are we to expect further musings or has all the curry affected your creativity and left you with writer's block?
yeah, that's how we eat - what's the problem? Yes, you did accurately describe how Americans eat - fork in left hand, knife in right, cut the food, put the knife down, then put the fork in your right hand and eat what you cut.
What's wrong with that?
Most folks are right handed - so if you're a righty (and 85% of us are), you will have more control over the knife if you cut right handed.
And once you cut, you use that same dominant right hand to put the food in your mouth.
It's really the only logical way to use a knife and fork (I never even knew that other folks in other countries don't eat like that!!!)
Great Blog Hi Pete,
You don't know me, but I found your blog, and it's really very good. Thank you for sharing!
Super effort too. 1 year of travelling. You must have lied in your first entry. I think you must hate english breakfasts and your in love with your sleeping bag! :-)
How much longer are you travelling, or is this your new way of life?
Adrian
Vikram Hi! The photos were very good and the content also was good. I have started a blog just recently myself, as I wanted to elaborate about Indian culture, travel and ancient temples which are excellent example of engineering in India in those days. Kindly look at it and comment.
http://travel-arena.blogspot.com/
nice! Your approach to your travels is very arrogent however it is also very detailed. The places you are visiting are look well researched and your writings of these places are greatly worded and I enjoy that you not only have your personal views but also write a little history about the place, hopefully see you around sometime!
i am socked to hear the news that you people are cheated in thamel.I am a guide and a student who is working as a ambessador of my country.I come to know that this milk scammer cheated not only you but many tourist.I think he should be punished, he is a curse to our county if you have photo of him do put it on the blog so everybody know him as great thief.
Technicality Hey mate good observations but one thing.. To be technical, not every flag in the world is rectangular, the flag of Switzerland is perfectly square with a symmetrical cross in the middle to represent Switzerland's complete neutrality and not show favours to any one side. Just thought you'd like to know ;)
irma
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i love ur blog very much esp on this event!