{"id":2019,"date":"2016-06-17T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2016-06-17T02:22:34","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T02:22:34","slug":"burning-man-in-pictures-xxi-exploring-straight-towards-the-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/06\/17\/burning-man-in-pictures-xxi-exploring-straight-towards-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man in Pictures XXI: Exploring Straight Towards the Edge!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last post<\/a>, the first night of the actual Burning Man festival had just ended, with Mirror Blaze bringing pleasure to hundreds, if not thousands[1].<\/p>\n

So, what better way to celebrate a successful build, than to go out exploring, to experience some of the other art that other people had wrought!<\/p>\n

But first, as always, a morning trip to the portapotties, with some eloquent commentary…:<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>
An eloquent commentary on love and happiness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…and some perhaps eloquent but also confusing commentary:<\/p>\n

\"BODY<\/a>
BODY LANGUAGE IS OFTEN WRITTEN ON PORTAPOTTIES, SOMETIMES LITERALLY<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We then passed Circus Boot Camp, where we always saw various people practicing their various flying arts:<\/p>\n

\"Circus<\/a>
Circus Boot Camp. For those who wish to teach their boots the trapeze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, we passed the Contraptionists, who were very popular between 2:00 and 3:30 every day, when they would make[2] and give out snow cones:<\/p>\n

\"Contraptionists!<\/a>
Contraptionists! Purveyors of snow cones and strange machinery!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Turning onto a side street, we saw this little one[3] reminding us about the 5mi\/hr speed limit[4]:<\/p>\n

\"They're<\/a>
They’re very serious about their work. 5mi\/hr!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Turning again, we saw this couch\/bed observation deck. Unfortunately, the flag bear only had one head<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Bed\/couch<\/a>
Bed\/couch observation deck. Unfortunately, the flag bear only had one head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just before we made it out of the city, we saw something in the distance…Could it be…?<\/p>\n

\"Mooncheese?\"<\/a>
Mooncheese?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…It was! Mooncheese!<\/p>\n

\"Mooncheese!\"<\/a>
Mooncheese!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leaving the city behind, we set out across the dusty plains. Here, our intrepid heroine encountered a sign. Of something:<\/p>\n

\"Ruling<\/a>
Ruling the Earth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gazing along, you could perhaps start to see something a little larger than yourself, that looking at things in larger scale might bring you a slightly different perspective[5]…:<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>
At the edge of the Earth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next time, we go out even further, into deep playa! Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

[1]My closest hand-waving estimate was about a thousand. If you see me repeating this number again and again, it’s because I’m surprised (and proud) every time.<\/p>\n

[2]Using very cool all mechanical machines for shaving ice, so they wouldn’t need a power source. I think I have pics of this, but that’s later in the week!<\/p>\n

[3]True story, we would later see them again in Amsterdam!<\/p>\n

[4]Or perhaps they just liked waving flags. SLOW SEMAPHORE.<\/p>\n

[5]Straight Edge by Ardent Heavy Industries<\/a>. One of the coolest (and def. the largest scale) installations I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our last post, the first night of the actual Burning Man festival had just ended, with Mirror Blaze bringing pleasure to hundreds, if not thousands[1]. So, what better way to celebrate a successful build, than to go out exploring, to experience some of the other art that other people had wrought! But first, as … Continue reading Burning Man in Pictures XXI: Exploring Straight Towards the Edge!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/2030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}