Waking Grounds

they were talking about us before we even hit the playa

2006-06-23T02:26:00.000-07:00

From August 11th, 2005.

"A good place to start the Playa day with ease is the Waking Grounds camp at 7:30 & Fetish"

By coincidence? this is the photographer who shot our masthead image.

BM @ home

2005-11-05T14:46:00.000-08:00

HOW TO ENJOY THE BURNING MAN EXPERIENCE
FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME

Tear down your house. Put it in a truck. Drive 10 hours in any direction. Put the house back together. Invite everyone you meet to come over and party. When everyone leaves, follow them back to their homes, drink all their booze, and break things.

Buy a new set of expensive camping gear. Break it.

Stack all your fans in one corner of your living room. Put on your most fabulous outfit. Turn the fans on full blast. Dump a full vacuum cleaner bag in front of them.

Pitch your tent next to the wall of speakers in a crowded, noisy club. Go to sleep. Wake up 2 hours later in a 110+ degree tent.

Buy a new pair of favorite shoes. Throw one shoe away.

Only use the toilet in a house that is at least 3 blocks away. Drain all the water from the toilet. Only flush it every 4 days. Hide all the toilet
paper.

Pay an escort of your affectional preference to not bathe for five days, cover themselves in glitter, dust, and sunscreen, wear a skanky neon wig; dance closely naked with you, then say they have a lover back home at the
end of the night.

Visit a restaurant and pay them to let you alternate lying in the walk-in freezer and sitting in the oven.

Don't sleep for 5 days. Take a wide variety of hallucinogenic/emotion altering drugs. Pick a fight with your boyfriend/girlfriend.

Cut, burn, electrocute, bruise, and sunburn various parts of your body. Forget how you did it. Don't go to a doctor.

Spend a whole year rummaging through thrift stores for the perfect, most outrageous costume. Forget to pack it.

Spend weeks preparing and freezing tasty, nutritious food and then forget it in your trunk for a few days of 110 degree heat. Eat it anyway - and
like it.

Listen to music you hate for 168 hours straight, or until you think you are going to scream. Scream. Realize you'll love the music for the rest of your life.

Get so drunk you can't recognize your own house. Walk slowly around the block for 5 hours.

Sprinkle dirty sand in all your food.

Mail $200 to the Reno casino of your choice.

Go to a museum. Find one of Salvador Dali's more disturbing but beautiful paintings. Climb inside it.

Spend thousands of dollars creating a deeply personal art work. Hide it in a funhouse on the edge of the city. Blow it up.

Set up a DJ system downwind of a three alarm fire. Play a short loop of drum'n'bass until the embers are cold.

Have a 3 a.m., soul-baring conversation with a drag nun in platforms, a crocodile, and Bugs Bunny. Be unable to tell if you're hallucinating.

Shaking Grounds

2005-10-20T01:22:00.000-07:00

Coy and Dan are not alone in their visions of future group ad-ventures. A serendipitous meeting of 10 beautiful minds here in Eugene simultaneously wished bon voyage to Brent y yo as we venture south and allowed for a much needed Waking Ground catharsis. It also brought two new bright souls into this family-in-process: Welcome Bodhi and Katie.

Here is my interpretation of the happenings:

- We are not interested in being part of Camp I am next year. Too much politics. Before we open our group's edges we must establish our core. Our first priority is figuring out who we are. Our feelings were reinforced by the catalyst call, the fourth, from Clif (We owe $33 to settle up on the truck). We do however, want to camp near Camp I am next year, along with Heebee's, Swingers and Snuggletown

- We are interested in Coy's ideas of being more self-sufficient. Unfortunately, most of us do not have our own gypsy caravans (despite the apparent universal desire within our group to be a gypsy). However, small groups are valuable, not just for possible camping logistics such as food, water and private shelter, but within the planning stages as well. This brings us to PODS.

- Pods are small groups of people who can organize themselves whenever and however but share the knowledge of the groups CORE VALUES and are able to make group decisions that do not necessitate full group consensus. They are also responsible for jump-starting their visions into reality, if they so desire. This may simply entail communicating vital Pod information to the larger group.

- CORE VALUES are on the agenda of upcoming PODDINGS. Some topics we began exploring are:
* minimizing our dependence on material stuff
* creating thoughtful, intentional group space
* encouraging creative expression
* making decisions by consensus
* consciously deconstructing power structures and hierarchies

As a good friend explained to me: Our group's CORE VALUES should be the filter that all ideas and people run through to make sure they belong within its perimeter. They are the beginning of our Identity. CORE VALUES make up the umbrella that encompasses all the little pods and the little fishies swimmin' around doing their thing. They unite us and protect us, allow us to function safely, freely and more fully.

- Other ideas got people excited:
* constructing a stage for performers in our group to do their thing, to entice people into our space, to provide us with regular entertainment and to make our space run off creativity and self-expression rather than addiction or material trade.
* Having a General Store. Building shelves for people to put their excess stuff and for other people to come and take what they need. Virtually hand's free service with the potential to help a lot of people.
* Hosting art workshops, building mazes, Having RECESS everyday.

Energy grew like yeast in warm water and we talked well into the night. It made this disillusioned Burner believe again.

Coy, there should be some money coming your way soon. Please repost your address so we know where to send you what we can.

If anyone wants to pitch in on the $33 you can go ahead and give me 1/25th of that the next time you see me (or better yet buy my a cup of coffee cuz chances are that's where its going anyway). Its worth it to me to send the check so I don't have to keep avoiding Clif's calls. I declare it my last act as treasurer.

Yoko, Good luck in your concert tomorrow. I am sorry to miss it.

I love you all
Helen/Maven

next year

2005-10-19T00:19:00.000-07:00

Regarding future camp:

While there are many things I could say about my experience at BM this year, I'd rather look positively forward to co-creating an even better experience next year.

I want to be part of a creative, egalitarian group of people with balanced time/energy commitments among all. I feel that this is easier to achieve with a small group of dedicated people or Coy's idea of a coalition of small, self-sufficient subcamps, who trade dinners with each other.

I'd rather be minimalist and self-sufficient than rely on the large village, which provided less than what they offered and asked for more than most of us expected.

I really enjoyed our service to the community this year, though I'd like to explore alternative ways of promoting human interaction besides consumption. Joy & Serenity across the street was a big inspiration to me. They simply created a beautiful, interactive space which drew people in. What I'm saying is, we don't need to be serving something for people to come. It would be wonderful if the first motivation was appreciation for beauty or human interaction rather than "I'm hungry" or "I need my caffeine fix". Meeting cool people and building morningtime community seemed to be secondary to a lot of people who would "use" us like a Starbucks -- with thanks, of course, but again it was secondary. Contrast that with Joy & Serenity: no one can "take advantage" of the colorful streamers because that option is simply not provided.

Fully admitting that I too take advantage of service-oriented camps (the bars), for my own time and energy I'd rather create a beautiful space that evokes emotion or facilitates authentic human interaction. Like J & S, or the shadowy metal cocooon on the corner of 7:30 and Catharsis.

I'm also way down for gypsy weekend gatherings.

love,
Pyramis

wired magazine at decomp

2005-10-14T13:16:00.000-07:00

I was interviewed by Wired Magazine for their coverage of Burning Man Decompression in San Francisco last weekend. Best quote:

"There was this one really interactive remote-control robot," said
attendee Daniel Steinbock. "It said, 'Prepare to be inseminated!' and started driving toward me brandishing a metal phallus."

Here's the article.

decompression photos

2005-10-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

Gabriel and I, plus three bottles of wine, attended Burning Man Decompression Party in San Francisco this past Sunday and I've posted the photos here:

http://flickr.com/photos/mindmob/sets/1124041/

Bad news

2005-10-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I need waking grounds members' opinions and help. I got a call from Clif last sunday saying that he would like to get together for a pot luck sometime soon so that we can "settle up." It turns out that we owe him $87 for final truck rental expenses. I was not aware of this unbudgeted for expense until he called. We have no money left in our camp fund. I have directed people who since the event have offered to chip in more to send it to Coy since he shouldered more then his fair share of group contributions. Most people are not here in Eugene at the moment, which makes collecting the $3.63 from each person relatively unreasonable. Jack came up with the idea that maybe we could work off some of our debt. I'm not sure if that is what Clif has in mind but we can try. Any other suggestions?
PS Hope all is well wherever you find yourself. I miss and love you all.
PPS Anybody want to volunteer to be next year's treasurer?

Marko at Audrey's

2005-09-29T20:10:00.000-07:00

Click the pic for a larger version (if you dare).

BM photo share

2005-09-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

I've posted my photos from Burning Man 2005 and from Waking Grounds 2005.

I'd like to help pool photos from our camp members and I have unlimited storage space to share photos on the web. Email me if you have photos you want to share and I'll send you directions on how to add to the Waking Grounds photo pool.

-Pyramis

Final Notes

2005-08-21T15:47:00.000-07:00

Waking Grounds To Do List
The following list was generated on Saturday at our Eugene meeting and
includes a list of things that everyone should try to bring (unless
you're otherwise covered) plus action items for the Eugene crew to
accomplish before our departure.

REMINDER:
Everything going to BM in the Penske moving truck from Eugene must be
packed by Tuesday night to be loaded Wednesday morning. Bikes to be in
Helen's backyard by 10am wed. morning. When you arrive at Black Rock
City, tell the greeter you are part of a registered Theme Camp Village
called Camp I AM at 7:30 and Ego.

EVERYONE:
Read or reread the BM survival guide, especially page 4 found at burningman.com

Camping gear to bring:
tents
camp chair
sleeping bag
sleeping pad
other personal gear you like to camp with
lanterns if you have them.

Eating gear:
Your own cup
water bottle or camelback
bowl
plate
utensils
one gallon of water for yourself per day you will be on the playa if
you have room in your vehicle

Clothing:
Warm clothing for evenings
a sun hat
good walking shoes preferably close-toed
costumes
body paint
body glitter

Miscellaneous:
pillows (at least 2) for communal use
any tarps, blankets, rugs and old sleeping bags to make our domes cozy
coolers
First aid supplies
flashlight/headlamp
sunscreen
sunglasses
dust mask
goggles
medications
twine
mix cds for radio station
earplugs
water spritzers

MAVEN:
Collect money from Katherine Gormley, Kelsey, Carley, Coy's friend,
Marko, Michael White, Holly, Yoko, Jack, Kyle, Brent, Aaron, Matt Z.,
Kellen H., Nick Atlas, Matt D., and Mike Timmons
Give $500 to Gabe for Penske
Dishtowels
Contact Grizzlies Granola for 50 more lbs.

MAVEN/YOKO/DAN/PYRS:
Organize shopping lists by meal
shop for food + garbage bags

GABE:
Propane tree
Duct tape
Wok
Carpet King
Redirection sign
Evaporator
Bamboo harvest

YOKO & GABE:
Organize kitchen set-up
Pots & pans, cooking utensils
Coolers
Stoves
3 dish tubs minimum
dish soap and scrub brushes
tables
kitchen lighting

EO:
10 lbs. coffee
Camp banner and burlap bags
Organize camp naming ritual

MICHAEL WHITE:
Hay box
Dry erase board
Sprouter
Extension cords
Ladder

JOHN:
Tempeh/soy outlet purchase
Mallet
Glow sticks
Mesh dry bag
Extension cords
Plywood
Black plastic tarps

PYRS:
Footbath bin
Vinegar
Lotion

ZAN:
Check up on ride list made at meeting

DAN:
Iced tea jars
Portable stereo
Camp banner

TUCK:
Invent camp greeting
Carpet King
Rebar 20 x 2'-3'

BECKY:
Xmas lights

la cocina

2005-08-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

So as the date gets closer, it is apparent that we need to figure out
the kitchen situation, para que podemos cocincar la comida rica!
i'm trying to put together a list of gear we need to outfit the
kitchen and need your all's help.
gabe and i can get some of this stuff from the OP for hopefully a
reasonable price, but i wanted to see what people have and would be
able to bring as well. if you have any of the gear listed below, or
think of any other things we should have, please write. I think it is
a good idea to get started on this before the meeting on saturday.

2 two-burner propane stoves...we need to be able to cook, and to make
lot's of coffee/tea.
tables
coolers
water jugs? the OP has 3 and 6 gallon jugs.
propane lanterns?

We are also going to need cooking gear like pots and pans, and serving
supplies like bowls (for guests as well as wakinggrounds members),
plates, silverware (lot's), mugs for coffee, cheese grater, knives,
cutting boards. We can't get this stuff from the OP.
I assume we want to do reusable supplies for bowls, plates and
silverware...do we want to buy plastic stuff, bring our own, what do
people think?

so we also need a dish washing station set up if we are going to have
lot's of dishes...
do we have tarps for graywater disposal?

please write back with whatever you can supply, any suggestions, etc.

who's excited? :)

yoko

Meeting Reminder

2005-08-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

The Man Burns in 17 days.
There is much to scheme, there is much to dream.
A gathering of bodies, minds and spirits breeds creation.

Come one come all: fully initiated, timid virgins and rainbow watchers

531 W. 10th Ave. Apartment 1. (Beige house with prayer flags out front, we may be in the backyard. Eugene, OR 97401.
THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 20th
7 pm

Bring whatever you have to share with the group.

MONEY
I have recieved almost $200 from members of our group. Please either bring somewhere between $50 and $100 for the group fund to the meeting, or mail a check to me at my address above.

Rideshare Info

2005-08-15T13:14:00.000-07:00

General info on rideshares to BM:
If you can't find a ride with someone from Waking Grounds,

1. Try the Camp I Am village (Portland & Eugene folks) of which we are a part.

2. You can post a message to the BM e-playa message board at
http://eplaya.burningman.com
then the Preparation -> Share Resources forum.

3. You can also try Craigslist rideshares in the Portland area.

this and that

2005-08-12T12:58:00.000-07:00

From calculations made by myself, Brent, Yoko and Gabe we now have 28 for sure members of Waking Grounds. We need to make a decision about when and if we should stop accepting new folks at some point. The more the merrier I say, but we still have to think about having enough space and food for everyone. More people means more organizing.

Coy, if you can contact your granola making friend that would be great. If she can get donations I can pick them up. If anybody can think of other businesses (preferably local) that may have food to donate let me know, I already have a letter all written up.

Is anybody working on making our domes comfy, welcoming spaces? We need rugs, cushions, decorations, a table (?). We need an interior decorating honcho, this may be you!

If you can't come to the meeting on the 20th, you can send me (Helen Hudson) a check at 531 W. 10th Ave. Eugene OR, 97401. It seems that we're asking between $50-$100 based on a sliding scale. IF PEOPLE DONT LIKE THIS IDEA LET ME KNOW, we can do it differently.

We now have four of our six group dinners spoken for:
1. Monday: Mckenzie and Becky making falafel
2. Tuesday: Gabe making corn chowder
3. Wednesday: Helen and Yoko making burritos
4. Thursday: Jodie and Sebastian making baked potatoes in the solar oven
5. Friday: Coy making pesto pasta
6. Saturday:
7. Sunday:

DELICIOUS!

These are the head chefs for that night, but cooking for 30 people is hard work and they will need lots of help. These days aren't set in stone either, if you don't like your day let me know and we'll change it. If you want to be head chef let me know what night and what you want to cook, I'll buy all food with the group fund.

The Gift of Peace

2005-08-10T14:20:00.000-07:00

Good news friends,
Peace Cereal is donating 100 lbs of granola to our camp! As far as Gabe and my calculations go, this should be enough for the week and saves us $200.
Helen
PS How about a group event to get our bikes gussied up for the playa in my backyard early next week? Tell me what days work.

join the camp email list

2005-08-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

Send a blank email to
wakinggrounds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

The most dreaded email of them all

2005-08-05T02:04:00.000-07:00

Money. Never an easy thing to discuss when it comes to Burning Man. But I think to avoid misunderstandings and potential hurt feelings as a camp we need to talk about it, because the nasty, stinking truth is that this whole wonderful week of gifting experience is in "real-life" not necessarily free. There are many ingredients that go into what we are creating as a camp: inspiration, organization, time, materials, shelters, fuel for body and auto, open hearts, creative minds and yes money. No one person should be asked or assumed to take on the responsibility for any of these ingredients all alone. I see two very general options in terms of how we can spend money as individuals for the benefit of Waking Grounds as a whole. We can either create some sort of group fund where we all pitch in an agreed upon amount and then decide what parts of the camp the money goes towards OR we can pay for what we can when we can and trust that everyone else is doing the same. However, even if we decide not to create a group fund, it should still be a group decision.
Please Respond: this is not only an important opportunity for group discussion, but something I find very interesting.

village info

2005-08-04T16:34:00.000-07:00

alright all, to join this village camps are asked to pay between $10 and $30 per person dependent on their level of need, ie water, power, kitchen, etc. We have our own kitchen but will be sharing water and power with the village.
Our contribution to the village will be taken care of with the truck rental. If we pay $500 for the truck (1/2), we are covering a fair share for thirty people and won't be asked to kick down any extra toward the village.
The village is asking us to bring extra rugs or carpeting for the communal shade structure, visible at:
shade structure link

So beyond the truck rental costs, our camp will be collecting money for kitchen costs and food costs. WE can work this out August 15th or when we meet again.
So far I have heard no complaints about joining the village and am assuming it is alright with everybody. It carries with it the advantage of solving our water and power needs and seems to carry no extra burden beyond moving our address.

gabe

transport to burn/join a village

2005-08-02T15:04:00.000-07:00

we've been invited to join a village at the burn, which would mean moving our camp a block over to 7:30 and Ego. The village is made up of many small camps from Eugene and Portland like ours, and the camp that has invited us is the country fair embassy camp, who I have been talking with about a ride share. They have a large space for their village that would be able to accomodate our entire camp, allowing us to remain a unified camp within a larger village.
I have more info about the village coming, but it sounds to me like this is a great opportunity to involve our camp in a larger community, easing concerns over serving breakfast to the public, making water more available and cheaper, and giving us access to many of their other infrastructure elements, like a 60 kW generator.
The contact is Clif Cox in Eugene, a country fair worker and an organizer of the village. We have a Penske truck that we can share with their camp, the embassy camp, and drive down on the 25th from Eugene. This will dramatically decrease the camp costs.

Things that would not change if we joined the village:
kitchen would still be our camp, wakinggrounds would still be registered, however, we would have to direct people to the new address a block away, amount of space delegated to our camp for structures would remain the same, and the services we offer the larger burner community would still be the same.
Things that would be different:
We'd be able to share meals more easily with other kitchens in the village, including the tuna camp which brings about a ton of fresh tuna to serve through the week, we'd be using water from a more communal source that is filled by the BRC infrastructure instead of hauling all our own, we'd have more strangers becoming neighbors as we would be included in the village, and we'd be playing music with a lot more people, which might involve fire dancers mixing with belly dancers and everything getting crazy. Finally, our address would change, causing confusion among the people you may have already told where to find us.

On a side note, anyone interested in flying to the burn or at the burn should let me know, clif is a pilot and is considering renting a plane to take down there. It would be rather inexpensive.

Our address at Black Rock city

2005-08-01T08:55:00.000-07:00

Its finally in! Waking Grounds will Be located @ 7:30 & Fetish! Spread the word!

Bus Fair

2005-07-25T18:11:00.000-07:00

Ok. The charter price of the bus is $125 each for a group of 20. Total price $2,500. I believe we could spend our money in a more productive way. But Pleases respond to the post and I will tell him if we are in or out. Tanks!

Eating: more than just playadust

2005-07-23T22:00:00.000-07:00

Here is what I have come up with in terms of how to organize what we eat at BM and how we should go about obtaining it. This is a bigger project than I can do alone. I love to feed people, but I need at least one other person willing to take on some elements of responsibility. Let me know if you are so inclined and we can start making real plans. For the record, (and this may be late anyway) I am cool with not making this "public" for the sake of not having to worry about permits.

We are feeding people in three different capacities:
1. Camp meals. Lunch and dinner (we can join in the "public breakfast"). To make lunch easy and convienent we'll bring fixings that we can each do on our own (ex. sandwich stuff). I say we plan 6 camp dinners (monday to saturday)and take turns doing the cooking. To do this I need EVERYBODY to a) Team up with one other person you like working with b) Pick a night you can commit to cooking. c) Plan a menu and make a list of everything you need (Including not only all ingredients, but all cooking aparati, ie. big pan, spatula ect.) d) keep in mind we have stovetop only and limited cooler space. e) email me the list ASAP so that I can start budgeting, try to set up deals for free food, scout out dumpsters ect. (PS would love help with this part). I want to make food as cheap as possible, my goal is $5/day/person. If you need help with menu ideas let me know.

2. Breakfast Bar. Open invitation to our friends. I have heard that there is coffee set up, do we have a percolator? I have a big french press, maybe if we had a couple of those and a big thermos it would work our. Should we buy tea? Momma Hudson is helping us out by making a whole bunch of homemade granola. But perhaps we should get some other cereal options. I also think we should get pancake mix for some special morning. Should we invest in plastic bowls and spoons or let people bring their own?

3. Romantic dinners on Coy's deck. I love this idea. Happy to put my many years of food service skills to work. Coy, let me know what I should get when I do the big shopping trip.

OK. Not too bad. I also need information about cooking and storage, who's bringing what and what we still need to buy, steal or borrow.
I should be in Eugene on August 9th. Hopefully a big group of us can get together then.

signing off from Pender Island, BC.
Helen

Don't forget to clap!

2005-07-19T14:11:00.000-07:00

From the Wacky Emergence department... We're attempting an experiment in contagious behavior. Throughout the week we'll be planting seeds in peoples' heads to clap 3 slow, distinct claps (probably continuing, accelerating, and decaying into an applause) at the moment the sun sets. It's a blessing of gratitude for the sun and a ritual of collective harmony for our camp and its neighbors. We'll see if by the end of the week we can get a 37,000 person Big Clap booming over the playa.

bus to Bman

2005-07-16T01:47:00.000-07:00

Kevin (new to the group) has a bus that is 35'long and has a roof rack. It has room for twenty people and he is willing to charter it. We are waiting to hear his estimate, he'll be giving it to Aaron soon. It would be a sweet way to travel there, he could haul the kitchen, the domes, the personal gear and the water for twenty people. He is also wanting to be a part of the camp.
Next meeting, Eugene Aug 20th?

Waking Grounds 2005 layout ver 1

2005-06-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

Waking Grounds 2005 layout ver 1
Originally uploaded by pyramis.

This is the layout that is being submitted to Burning Man tonight for our camp registration.

Camp Architecture

2005-06-30T00:45:00.000-07:00

"even non-enclosed structures keep out much of the dust"

Here are some useful links for camp architects and honchos.

Camp Architecture:
Very thorough guide to designing shade structures
How to secure your BM structure
Shelter plans, accessories and tools
Build your own geodesic dome
Kitchen set-up, washing, food storage, preparation

rental van

2005-06-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

best deal I found yet is Uhaul 17' van for $30/day, .60 cents per mile. it's 760 miles round trip. A Ten day rental (giving us three days to set up camp) without taking into account gas or insurance (10mpg, don't know insurance costs yet) would be about $800. I think that's what we paid for the van last year with insurance but without gas. That means that a Uhaul van is probably the best deal, because the family van we took last year had zero cargo room. I have one reserved under my name here in Eugene.

3 paths

2005-06-23T01:48:00.000-07:00

You might find interesting...

third dome

2005-06-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

dodec1
Originally uploaded by skuz.

we just finished the third dome for the seminar
It has about a 16-18 foot radius and is constructed of twenty bamboo poles, hemp twine and ten rebar stakes. It looks like this drawing only it is covered with a parachute and in Andy and Ryan and Jack's backyard. Much hooka fun was had tonight.

Greetings from the east!

2005-06-17T16:28:00.000-07:00

Hello waking grounders. I am sitting in a cafe in Urbana, Illinois with my two wonderful friends, Josie and Katherine who I Iived with in Quito. Katherine and I are at the beginning of a 7 week road trip around new england and the central atlantic coast. While catching up from a year apart, it is impossible not to share my enthusiasm for an event that made me question everything, and want to reinvent it all. I truly could not be doing it with a more inspiring group of people. The last meeting was a productive, enjoyable, community building experience, I am so glad I was there for it. I am excited for the seeds that are planted while I am away, and the gardening to be done when I come back. In the meanwhile, I am more than willing to do whatever work I can, you can contact me through the blog, through the group email or by phone (503)307-6287.
Your Casting Director and Soul Foodist Honcho,
Helen

Dome Seminar

2005-06-15T15:18:00.000-07:00

DomeSeminar

1447 Lincoln, in the backyard (next to canal).
Starting today, June 15.
On-going.
First dome goes up around 6PM.
Bring stuff to barbque, booze.

Bamboo collection occuring all afternoon.
call gabe with questions
5415172314

dome building

2005-06-10T21:36:00.000-07:00

Mike and I are meeting Sunday afternoon at his house near the river for a dome building session.
This will be the first Eugene dome session.
I want to build a small dome with bamboo and figure out
some schemes for the fly's eye dome.
Grab any bamboo you see lying around and we can store it in our back yard.
Meals for the camp are good. Breakfast burritos are good.
If you see any water jugs or non-perishable ingredients
for a meal, grab em up.

Psyche: the theme of this year's Burning Man

2005-06-02T02:41:00.000-07:00

This year's theme explores psychology: self-expression, self-reflection and the unconscious power of dreams. For this purpose, we'll divide a portion of the playa into zones, each relating to a different region of the mind.

The Man will stand atop a circus tent which covers a maze. When you get through the maze you climb upward to the base of the The Man who can be swiveled around in a circle by physical force. Leading out beyond The Man is a lighted path to a giant, submerged head which will be a venue for the fire arts. Beyond that lies the Temple of Dreams.

Here's the complete info

New Email List

2005-05-26T02:16:00.000-07:00

We now have an email list for discussion. To subscribe, send mail to wakinggrounds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Then email wakinggrounds@yahoogroups.com to participate.

paper dome

2005-05-22T15:48:00.000-07:00

we did a book workshop yesterday and I talked with a woman who makes paper from reeds and grasses.
she told me a lot about paper molds, said we could use plaster because it absorbs enough water.
Plaster would be easier than window screen, I think. Maybe more precise too.
We can make paper and inch thick if we want it strong, but it takes about two weeks to dry.
We can use that purple produce packaging and blend it up to have a purple dome. Think I'll start in
on a model soon.

greetings

2005-05-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

so I just thought I'd post a hello here. you guys rock, and yes, gabe, when we get the trick it will be bad ass!
I love the mind map too dan.
so for those of you who I don't know yet, I look foward to working with you! and to those of you I do...well, the same goes for all of you.
where is waking grounds going to be located? I am going to be camping with my famility, 3:45 on the outer ring, but I'm curious how close we are. Maybe we can get some colaboration between the two...
let the fun begin. :)
yoko

ummm, bad ass?

2005-04-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by skuz.

when they have this trick down, holy shit is that gonna be cool

SCI in August?

2005-04-24T09:47:00.000-07:00

Little bit of a tangent....

SCI is playing Horning's Aug 4-7. This was by far the best festival I went to last summer. It was just a great three day party out in the woods with all the usual festival accoutriments and then some. I'll be going and would love to see some other familiar faces there. If you get a ticket by 4/27 its $130, thereafter its $142. For those of you who'd prefer to not pay cash at all, I know the volunteer coordinator at Horning's. You can volunteer 18 hours over the weekend in exchange for a pass - let me know if you have any interest in that. So, any takers?

gifting machine

2005-04-20T02:34:00.000-07:00

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Originally uploaded by skuz.

this is the machine I'd like to register along with our camp
it is located in the skylight of the EMU on the UO campus
for now.
for more pictures, check my blog

Fly's Eye Dome Male Mold Sketch

2005-04-19T19:02:00.000-07:00

Here's a rough sketch for a male mold to build a component for a paper mache fly's eye dome:

The main advantage of using a male mold is that the outside of the dome will be the surface of the component that is against the window screen. This should make a better looking outside dome surface - which is what people will see. Structurally - I doubt it matters.

Clean Up Plans

2005-04-19T13:33:00.000-07:00

Here are three different examples of camp clean up plans for Luv-A-Fair, Cypress Lounge and Kidsville.

Here are Leave No Trace tips that are really useful for composing and implementing our clean up plan.

Fly's Eye Mold

2005-04-19T12:41:00.000-07:00

DomePlans_1
Originally uploaded by skuz.

here's my idea for a jig or mold to make the parts of the fly's eye dome.

mold patterns

2005-04-19T12:39:00.000-07:00

DomePlans2_1
Originally uploaded by skuz.

you think this pattern would work to make the window screen part of the paper mold?

theme camp registration

2005-04-18T21:17:00.000-07:00

we need a camp clean-up plan to register a theme camp.
also, we should register art projects with the theme camp.
I plan to bring my gifting machine, and I would like to have it near the camp
Helen, what about the money pile, you want that near our camp?
maybe to decorate the front of the camp, we could get some big boards
for the trailers and paint a mural for the camp, with a big waking grounds

Fly's Eye Dome

2005-04-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of a 26 foot diamter fly's eye dome:

This is the design that I'd like to experiment with - its made out of a single component. I'm wanting to see if it could be built out of paper mache with some sort of plastic stretched across the openings like drum heads.

Here is another interesting drawing for another fly's eye design:

Wonderful Ideas

2005-04-17T12:40:00.000-07:00

I'd like to hear what you have brewing in your brain for BM this year.

Projects Pranks Creations Costumes
What is it you are painting, welding, pasting, plotting?
What fires will you soon be lighting?

click comments below

art

2005-04-14T18:32:00.000-07:00

I'm gonna try to get that gifting machine in centercamp.
If you haven't seen it, its in the skylight of the emu right now.
I'll be making changes to it over the weeks.

2005-04-10T21:56:00.000-07:00

thanks for putting this up dan.
I had a plan
but I threw it out
when I heard they would burn the man.

Waking Grounds!

2005-04-10T17:23:00.000-07:00

Wake now children from Winter slumber. Waking Grounds blooms under Springtime rain.

We had our first meeting today in the amphitheatre. Eight folks were in attendance where we mapped out our plan of attack. We chose a camp name: Waking Grounds, a symbol of morning community-building and coffee, two planned aspects of our camp this year. A schematic was sketched out of the camp layout for registration with the Burning Man organization. First steps made.

ACTION ITEMS
Aaron ~ draw & scan camp schematic to be sent to Dan
Dan ~ create blog, email list, mind map, register theme camp

Burn baby burn.

six o'clock wind

2005-04-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

Black Rock City Leaves No Trace
BM'04

BM from space

2005-04-10T02:01:00.000-07:00

Burning Man Satellite image