Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence ( Read more... )

HEY BURNERS & FIRE PERFORMERS!

Let's have a bit of an academic discussion. Let's talk about something burner folks don't seem to talk that much about, that I've noticed so far. Given, I've only been in the burn community for about 2 years, but thus far to me, it seems to be the proverbial elephant in the effigy, if you will. Let's talk about the ( Read more... )

This is very much how I feel at a burn:

"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold ( Read more... )

 So uh...I think I might actually, sort of starting the beginning of the process of seeing someone. For the first time in like, 2 and a half years +. First time since the exfiance and I split. (Jesus, it feels like another lifetime now.) And you know, he lives in the same city, instead of another continent. So that's a first.  Neat. We're really ( Read more... )

Found this on Fetlife in the Burning Man group, and it is the funniest goddamn think I've ever read...and wildly accurate, from what I'm told. :P ( Read more... )

Perhaps just the words, the prayer, the affirmation needed right now. Thanks Maynard for sharing your creative brilliance with us. And thanks anothersivil  for making me listen to Tool.

"Twirling round with this familiar parable.
Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

... ( Read more... )

I wanna have friends that I can trust ( Read more... )

 I just really loved this and wanted to tuck it away somewhere. Written by my aerialist friend, Renee Hallman ( Read more... )

 "We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been - a place half-remembered and half-envisioned we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light ( Read more... )

- Why when I start pursuing back someone that's been pursuing me for bit, they suddenly seem less interested

- Why some (yes, there's several) of the most amazing men I know date women that are insulting and demanding and judgemental and controlling and just generally not nice people

Derp.