The letter below from Chicken John is being circulated widely. Wide-eyed libertarian tendencies aside, I express skepticism that this situation can be resolved rationally given the part I highlighted below. That’s not to say Jim can’t pull something out of his sleeve. Heck, he’s been doing it for 5 years and rationality doesn’t have to […]
Posted on 15th May 2007, 03:06 pm under
General
I posted this to the FLG Lipstick list today :-) First some good news: SWARM, an offshoot project of FLG is a funded project for Burning Man 2007. The project is coming along very nicely. http://orbswarm.com http://blog.orbswarm.com —————- Terrific news: The Serpent Mother will be going to the Fire Arts Festival in Oakland in July! […]
Posted on 25th April 2007, 01:45 pm under
Art,
Notable
Last night I went to the opening of the Ocean Beach Fire Pits. Rbca and Yasi’s fire pit was ready and burning. There was another one there as well. :-) This is a huge thing. Public, utilitarian, (mostly privately) funded art made by my friends :-) Sorry I don’t have photos but here’s some extra […]
Posted on 15th April 2007, 03:13 pm under
Art,
General
Leonardo is the Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. It is put out by MIT Press. It isn’t the largest publication, but it is fairly prestigious. The Serpent Mother is going to be on the cover of Volume 40, Number 4, due out in August, 2007. Download large version of […]
Posted on 15th April 2007, 12:36 pm under
Art,
General
Michael Prados, Jonathan Foote and I met with LadyBee and Crimson Rose of Burning Man today. Look what we signed :-) SWARM is a funded art project and I am named as the artist because I’m the money guy.
Posted on 23rd March 2007, 04:08 pm under
General
The theme for Burning Man this year is “The Green Man” which everyone keeps interpreting as “The Environmentally Sensitive Man” even though …. take a look at what Wikipedia has to say about the Green Man, you’ll notice that there is no mention of such. Well, I overheard this email on the interweb (when your […]
Posted on 7th March 2007, 09:56 am under
General
I posted this recently to the FLG Lipstick List and FLG blog. Girl we’re busy! Here’s a lot of the work we’ve sunk our teeth into. A lot of what’s below is still tentative but you still deserve to know about it! A Spring Fundraiser – We’re working on having a party sometime soon. Calendar: […]
Posted on 26th February 2007, 10:36 am under
Art,
General
The Flaming Lotus Girls submitted our proposal to Burning Man for this year’s project! We are refining the Serpent Mother. She is going to be totally sweet. To see more, view the Serpent Mother 2007 Proposal The proposal itself has a lot of sexy art. Here are the Serpent Mother Proposal Credits
Posted on 22nd February 2007, 03:06 pm under
Art,
General
There’s been all this talk about buying carbon credits for the Serpent Mother for Burning Man since she burns 500 gallons of propane per night. That’s right, 1 ton of pureed dinosaur per nocturne. And the new theme is “The Green Man” (here I was thinking that was all Walden-Thoreau-y “Man’s interaction with nature” and […]
Posted on 15th February 2007, 05:28 pm under
General
I bought 2 tickets to Burning Man this morning. This is what I agreed to: I agree to read and abide by all guidelines listed in the 2007 Survival Guide, and to the terms on the back of the 2007 ticket, which appear below: YOU VOLUNTARILY ASSUME THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH BY […]
Posted on 17th January 2007, 12:51 pm under
General