Empire Store (general discussion)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:25 am

theCryptofishist wrote:Anyone else getting questions from Belgium?

I have now gotten two requests for information. Apparently there is a teacher in Belgium assigning a class paper on Burning Man.

Write a paper on the ‘Burning Man’
event. Explain :
what the event consists in,
how it started and how it has grown up ,
what the theme of this year will be
where the event takes place
what the participants are supposed to present
what taking part implies (fees, reservation…)

I recommend that anyone working on this get as much information from the main site as possible http://burningman.com There will be links to history and to newspaper articles and to theme and to information on the desert/playa. Then if you have specific questions, post them on this thread and ask respondents to pm you with their answers.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:27 am

MissNev wrote:Hey Bull, can you help me with an Avtar like you did for Chai Guy?

Hi Chai Guy, you're one of my favs out there!

If bull's not around, you can email the photo to me that you'd like to use, and I can probably get an avatar up for you...

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:48 am

MissNev wrote:Hey Bull, can you help me with an Avtar like you did for Chai Guy?

Hi Chai Guy, you're one of my favs out there!

yeah, no prob. email the photo/s to me and I will do the deed.

[email protected]

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:50 am

GuinivereElise wrote:
MissNev wrote:Hey Bull, can you help me with an Avtar like you did for Chai Guy?

Hi Chai Guy, you're one of my favs out there!
If bull's not around, you can email the photo to me that you'd like to use, and I can probably get an avatar up for you...

great people act alike,,, or something like that.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:51 am

bullD wrote:
GuinivereElise wrote:
MissNev wrote:Hey Bull, can you help me with an Avtar like you did for Chai Guy?

Hi Chai Guy, you're one of my favs out there!
If bull's not around, you can email the photo to me that you'd like to use, and I can probably get an avatar up for you...
great people act alike,,, or something like that.

And great hams overact alike--if you'll allow me to sweep across the store like that.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:53 am

Well, heeeeellllooooooo there, Ms. Guinivere.

And peace to the fishy!!

No, no marking walls... yet. (sideways glance at bullD)

So... that's all I've got at the moment. Just staying up on things around here.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:02 pm

One of the belgians asked me the 64 million dollar question: What is Burningman. my answer:

hyperfishy wrote:What is burningman? Sort of a party, sort of a rite without a religion attending on it, sort of a festival, sort of a vacation. We get away from our ordinary lives and become the artists that we also are but cannot express in our business and work lives. We work on our costumes and our gifts and our artwork and our camps all year, or part of the year at any rate in order to live fully for that one week. Supposedly in Slovakia there are people who get together once a year and camp and pretend to be plains indians (Lakota, Dakota, ect) and it's like that. It's like Mardi Gras (carnival/fasching) in a way--with costume and dancing and what might be called "decadence." It might be like roman saturnalia with gifts and going outside the proscribed social roles and drinking.

It's actually a very good question and there's never been a difinitive answer. Post that on the website and you'll start a lively debate.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:02 pm

smooches to kitty and GE.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:06 pm

Post that on the website and you'll start a lively debate.

Oh no... ok, I'm outta here.

GuinivereElise · Post by **GuinivereElise** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:07 pm

smootches back, fishy... and a good ear scritch for the frenchpuss..

Chai Guy · Post by **Chai Guy** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:11 pm

(Hi MissNev!)

I have now gotten two requests for information. Apparently there is a teacher in Belgium assigning a class paper on Burning Man.

I've never understood this concept of writing/speaking about something that you haven't yet experienced for yourself.

It's like nuns trying to teach sex education, WTF???

Post by **spanky** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:15 pm

Tancorix wrote:As requested the signature lines are cleaned up

Thanks!

Tancorix wrote:P.S. Spanky, you really deserve public praise for a job well done. I grumbled about how long the board was down but I like the changes. It's great to have the board back.

You're welcome! It's good to have it back and to see people happy with it.

~Spanky

Post by **spanky** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:18 pm

Badger wrote:BTW, sig modified somewhat as requested.

Thank you Badger! I'd drop everything to come see an ePlaya battle in Thunderdome! (Well, *almost* anything...)

You two get gold stars for playing nice.

~Spanky

Post by **spanky** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:26 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:One of the Belgians asked me the 64 million dollar question: What is Burningman.

http://www.burningman.com/whatisburningman/

~Spanky

gregori · Post by **gregori** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:29 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Anyone else getting questions from Belgium?

Yep - I told 'em it's all about self-reliance, so in order to understand it, they'll need to write their own paper after doing their own research.

Hehehe... (But I point 'em at Google's translator, so they can read the website in German or French, though Flemish doesn't seem to be available...)

Grins,
G.

retsub · Post by **retsub** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:40 pm

[quote]I've never understood this concept of writing/speaking about something that you haven't yet experienced for yourself.[/quote]... I'm agree with you !! ... Moreover it is enought difficult to understand with my English level

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:09 pm

Chai Guy wrote:(Hi MissNev!)

I have now gotten two requests for information. Apparently there is a teacher in Belgium assigning a class paper on Burning Man.
I've never understood this concept of writing/speaking about something that you haven't yet experienced for yourself.

It's like nuns trying to teach sex education, WTF???

Unfortunately, I've read so much science fiction. . . Or even novels in general . . . And my mother was an anthropology major. . .

Put it this way--we can never fit 6 billion + people on the playa. So some sort of 2nd hand information is going to have to be dispursed. I guess.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:12 pm

spanky--what's with that macaw in your photo? Is that the one I've seen onplaya? Wait maybe that one is blue and gold.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:17 pm

Would there be any interest in a Badger / Kinetic thunderdome battle? If there's enough interest and a serious request comes down I'd consider it.

Also Spanky, hold those gold stars. There's several reasons why I have a blog...he's one of them. I took it over there so the eplaya new dawn idea has a chance at happening without me being part of any new problems...or so I hope.

MissNev · Post by **MissNev** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 1:24 pm

Hey, I'd watch that! Perhaps after the Meet and Greet? (this really says nothing...I love watching matches at Thunderdome).

Post by **spanky** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:08 pm

Tancorix wrote:Would there be any interest in a Badger / Kinetic thunderdome battle? If there's enough interest and a serious request comes down I'd consider it.

+1

Tancorix wrote:Also Spanky, hold those gold stars. There's several reasons why I have a blog...he's one of them. I took it over there so the eplaya new dawn idea has a chance at happening without me being part of any new problems...or so I hope.

Thank you. The gold stars are for dropping the sig battle, at least here. Whatever is between you two can be battled on your own time, on your own ground. I appreciate the efforts you *both* have taken, and hopefully will continue with, on the new-and-improved ePlaya.

~Spanky

retsub · Post by **retsub** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:18 pm

A little question for my home-work!!
When the burding man week is finished.. art installations are burn ? It's right?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:20 pm

retsub wrote:A little question for my home-work!!
When the burding man week is finished.. art installations are burn ? It's right?

Some are and some aren't Depends on the intention of the artist. Those that are burned are supposed to be registered.

retsub · Post by **retsub** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:32 pm

[quote]Those that are burned are supposed to be registered[/quote].. registered ??... by who ? for what?.. I don't read that!

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:39 pm

I don't have a cite right in front of me but if I remember correctly anything that's supposed to be burned out on the playa, etc. is supposed to register. That way safety plans are checked, burn scar prevention is discussed, and they know who to come looking for if someone leaves a mess for DPW to clean up instead of being responsible for themselves.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:42 pm

retsub wrote:
Those that are burned are supposed to be registered
.. registered ??... by who ? for what?.. I don't read that!

REgistered with the art curators. In part to comply with our permit from the beaureau of Land Management (BLM) and to make sure that we don't leave burnscars and in part to make sure that we have enough fire safety people to make sure it doesn't get out of control and injure people. Try this page on the main site

bullD · Post by **bullD** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:43 pm

MissNev wrote:Hey Bull, can you help me with an Avtar like you did for Chai Guy?

Hi Chai Guy, you're one of my favs out there!

allrightythen MissNev, you should have your photo back now. enjoy...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:47 pm

Dang bullD, you almost make me want to turn my photo of my old truck into an avatar. . .

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:03 pm

Retsub:

Many people do burn their art, but by no means all. Some art is created with the intention of being burned at the end of the event, and these are burned sometimes with a large ceremony, and sometimes in an intimate affair where they are dropped into one of the community burn platforms. Only projects made of safely burnable materials (wood, paper, etc) should be burned, for environmental, health, and safety reasons.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:31 pm

Tancorix wrote:Would there be any interest in a Badger / Kinetic thunderdome battle? If there's enough interest and a serious request comes down I'd consider it.

Count me in... I'd rustle up some porter to pass out for that one.

Hello retsub, and welcome!!!

So you are in Belgium, yes? I've a burner friend who's in Europe at the moment. Sent me an email pic of some very tasty looking waffles when she passed through Belgium