REALITY EXPANSION MACHINE

Burning Man is generally misunderstood by those who have only experienced it in two dimensions — via photos, videos, stories, and projections of one’s world view. What it has provided for me, and many of the hundreds of thousands of souls who have shared the unique experience, is an expansion of one’s notion of what is possible in the world.

Our camp mates, mostly pictured here atop the art we had installed, are watching the preparation for the actual Burning of the Man, a spectacle steeped in socio-cultural meaning, poignant for each participant at a different level. The artist and director of this project, Darrel Anstead, who you can see in the red shirt, pours himself into each art experience, gifting our community with an inspiring venue; an invitation to explore the depths of space and time.

These new perspectives provide us with a refreshed view on life. As we integrate back into modern culture, our hearts, minds, and souls are reconfigured, and we bend the universe, however imperceptibly, into a slightly more beautiful and connected version of itself.