{"id":2944,"date":"2017-01-15T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T11:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2017-01-14T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-14T21:36:00","slug":"burning-man-2015-in-pictures-lx-finding-balance-and-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2017\/01\/15\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-lx-finding-balance-and-harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man 2015 in Pictures LX: Finding Balance and Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2017\/01\/14\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-lix-you-too-can-golf-the-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">When we last saw our intrepid adventurers, they had just been told by the Oracle to seek out &#8216;Balance and Harmony&#8217;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not fully understanding this command, they continued exploring the art gallery where they had found the Oracle.  Equally perplexing was the whispered comment &#8220;In seeking Balance and Harmony, you shall find meaning inside and outside yourselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Searching through the art gallery, like in many good art galleries, they found myriad artworks neither balanced nor harmonious:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2945\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2945\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2945\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2945\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2364-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Not exactly the definition of &#039;balanced&#039; or &#039;harmonious&#039;.\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2945\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2364-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2364-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2364-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not exactly the definition of &#8216;balanced&#8217; or &#8216;harmonious&#8217;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some where the balance had been shattered:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2946\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2946\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2946\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2367-copy.jpg\" alt=\"While perhaps harmonious once, liquid nitrogen has shattered this balance.\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2946\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2367-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2367-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2367-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While perhaps harmonious once, liquid nitrogen has shattered this balance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But eventually, they found their way Clear to find Balance:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2947\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2947\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2947\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2368-copy.jpg\" alt=\"If you are Clear, you may find Balance.\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2947\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2368-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2368-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2368-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you are Clear, you may find Balance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Harmony:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Bddddddddddr!&quot;\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ca-VzKiyfmg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thus invigorated, their purpose became clear.  To add to the complexity and messiness that is human creativity:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2948\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2948\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2948\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2373.jpg\" alt=\"The balance of the human condition.  Messy, creative, and *interesting*.\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2948\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2373.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2373-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2373-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2373-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The balance of the human condition.  Messy, creative, and *interesting*.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The journey within and without is the meaning inside:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2949\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2949\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2949\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2374.jpg\" alt=\"The meaning inside.\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2949\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2374.jpg 3264w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2374-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2374-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2374-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The meaning inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So, our adventurers had found the meaning within, and had found a measure of peace.  But they couldn&#8217;t shake the nagging feeling that there was something larger than them that required their attention.<\/p>\n<p>They saw this piece, and it shook them to the core.  The first time they had seen this type of detritus since leaving the default world, they knew what their next mission would be:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2950\" style=\"width: 2448px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?attachment_id=2950\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2950\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2375-copy.jpg\" alt=\"This seems neither balanced nor harmonious.  But what does it mean?\" width=\"2448\" height=\"3264\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2375-copy.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2375-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_2375-copy-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2448px) 100vw, 2448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This seems neither balanced nor harmonious.  But what does it mean?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Join us next time, when our adventurers discover what it means to Moop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we last saw our intrepid adventurers, they had just been told by the Oracle to seek out &#8216;Balance and Harmony&#8217;. Not fully understanding this command, they continued exploring the art gallery where they had found the Oracle. Equally perplexing was the whispered comment &#8220;In seeking Balance and Harmony, you shall find meaning inside and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2017\/01\/15\/burning-man-2015-in-pictures-lx-finding-balance-and-harmony\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burning Man 2015 in Pictures LX: Finding Balance and Harmony<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/2944"}],"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=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2951,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions\/2951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}