A YOTTABYTES OF THANK YOUS TO OUR EXTRAORDINARY FURIENDS AND FAM
“The Playa provides” is a cute saying, especially with ground scores and grilled cheese, but it actually often does provide, just not in the ways you ever really expect or imagine. No matter how much you’ve learned or how well you’ve prepared, the playa WILL fuck with your “plans”, which just means you can’t force the magic. Instead, you’ve gotta surround yourself with magical people and only then will magical things happen.
This year, we weren’t just surrounded by magical people, we were deluged by the most extraordinary humans who exuded pure love, respect and true burner spirit, starting with our super human leadership.
If you’ve never run a big camp, built large art or a mammoth mutant vehicle or all of the above, you can’t really understand how truly daunting it is, so let’s just say... it’s a full time job that we pay to do, and nobody knows this better than our core team of fearless leaders who forged ahead this year with the passion of a thousand burners! They persevered with positivity when things looked bleak. They absorbed the inevitable moments of drama, behind the scenes, with great sacrifice and sense of duty to protect the greater camp. The physical and emotional challenges can be insufferable, even to the most seasoned Burner, and we extend our infinite love, gratitude and respect to this awe-inspiring team of magnanimous maniacs!
But not everything was perfect and that’s Burning Man. It’s not a festival or a party; it’s a journey of self exploration, self discovery and human connection, unmoored from automaton routines and chronic anxieties of our default world that often distract us from sincerely connecting with each other “irl”. It’s a time to reflect on what we really need, who we really are, what we really want and with whom we want it.
Our journey this year was profoundly carved into the cornerstone of our community and we thank all of our magical friends for being such an integral part of making all the dreams come true and, of course, thank you to the Org for continuing to allow us to explore our imaginations with impunity.
Yottabytes of immaculate vibes and fluffin’ love,
Chip, Terra and Petabyte