THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN....

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THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN....

Post by Meat Hunter » Wed Jun 14, 2017 12:28 am

THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN....

I do not always agree with everything that John "Halcyon" Styn espouses. But, I do agree with him when he says that Burning Man is not an event.

Instead Burning Man is a process that begins the moment that you make the conscious decision to attend.

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Post by lucky420 » Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:30 am

OH look it's pink jesus...ugh
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Post by FlyingMonkey » Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:19 pm

lucky420 wrote:OH look it's pink jesus...ugh
:D

But his hair isn't pink anymore. I almost didn't recognize him.
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Re: THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN....

Post by Token » Wed Jun 14, 2017 4:33 pm

Ugh. That guy is intensely annoying and almost always "doing it wrong".
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Post by Meat Hunter » Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:24 pm

I agree. In my opinion, most all of his video's are not worth watching.

However, he might be close to being almost right on this one.
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Post by LeonardPotato » Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:55 pm

This being the only video of his I have seen... I have to agree with him. Deciding to go to Burning man was just the beginning of the journey. I have learned a lot and done a lot. I have had so much fun preparing I only hope the event holds up to it.
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Post by Ratty » Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:01 pm

Don't worry about that Leonard. I will surpass all dreams.
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Post by gaminwench » Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:41 pm

He's very enthusiastic and well-meaning.
A cheer leader.

And he doesn't steer folks wrong, he does get it.
He runs an awesome camp, and he takes *it* out into the default.

Pinkly. 8)
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Post by lucky420 » Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:09 am

I love your confidence Ratty
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Re: THE ROAD TO BURNING MAN....

Post by TT120 » Thu Jun 15, 2017 10:52 am

John is a good guy.
He means well and does help a lot of people.
He is a true burner in every sense of the word.
He doesn't really like the "Pink Jesus" reference.
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Post by Token » Thu Jun 15, 2017 12:03 pm

None of the goodness accolades preclude the annoying factor.

He is OK in small doses, but if you spend any amount of time in LA, where half the burning man crowd is like that, the whole "life coach" self help Forum stuff gets very shake-weighty.
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Post by lucky420 » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:03 pm

TT120 wrote:John is a good guy.
He means well and does help a lot of people.
He is a true burner in every sense of the word.
He doesn't really like the "Pink Jesus" reference.

YMMV
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Post by LeonardPotato » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:19 pm

Token wrote: stuff gets very shake-weighty.
This is an awesome descriptor in this context, bravo. Who doesn't love a good shake weight?
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