Spark: A Burning Man Story Page #5

into some major problems

with the calculations that she

couldn't get past

and so she asked if I could find

somebody else.

So that's... that's actually kind

of stressful for me because I'm...

I don't really know how much

it's all going to cost to build.

So that part has been

very stressful.

So, like, tonight is to give me

a good nest egg

so that as soon as I know

what I need to order,

I can order some of it

and get started.

It's behind the freezers,

the double freezers.

This one's still... they're

still dirty though. Okay.

Do you have tablecloths?

Yeah, she can't find it,

we're using the blue ones.

Okay.

The thing is is that you have to have your

Burning Man application in by the 20th

if you want, like, placement

and stuff, which I do.

You do have to know, like, what kind

of a footprint you're going to leave,

like how much you're going to

need to dig and all that stuff,

which I don't know yet.

So I can't even start.

Can't even do anything.

Can't order metal,

can't do anything

until I know exactly what we

need to build with.

Not that I have any tickets yet anyway, so

that's still something that's up in the air.

[inaudible conversations]

[tinkling glass]

[applause]

Thank you all so much

for coming tonight.

I really, really appreciate

the enthusiasm and support.

This piece, um, it started

a long time ago for me.

And there was something that

happened there on the playa.

And it really really inspired me

and I thought of this idea,

And I thought, "You know what,

I have to make this."

So the final piece is going to be

12 feet tall and 14 feet across.

There will be... there will be hammocks

inside where you can go in and hang out

and really feel safe and warm

and loved inside of it.

With this whole ticket thing,

I mean,

everybody lost a lot

of faith in Burning Man.

And I, myself,

had to think about that

and why I went to Burning Man

in the first place,

what made me fall

in love with it.

And what made me

fall in love with it

was the art was for everyone.

And that's really

important to me

and that's what I love about the

Burning Man culture,

is that, you know,

we all come together

and we make this happen.

[GOODELL]:
Come here.

Come here.

What? Oh yeah, get me out of

here.

Come here, come here, come

here, come here, come here.

So this is a perfect day for all

of us to appreciate each other.

Very grateful for everybody

and for our opportunity

to be here together.

And thank you for

the creative act

that sparked other creativity

and inspiration

and desire to

be around each other.

Who are you talking to?

You.

Oh, right, thanks.

You're welcome.

Thanks.

Now let's carry on.

Thank you, Larry.

Community is a pain in the ass,

because you have to deal with

all kinds of drama, you know.

And as you get older, you're

kind of less patient with drama.

But really, the reason for me

to keep doing this

is a very sound one.

I know myself.

And if I detest and quit this

thing...

it would kill me.

My life would not have meaning.

[stammering]

I wouldn't be forced out of

myself.

I wouldn't be in contact with,

with people.

I would... I'd be

just this wretch,

I'd be this lonely guy.

This is the best thing that ever

happened to me.

[QUINN PAYTON YARBROUGH]: DPW is

the Department of Public Works

which is the crew of volunteers

that come out for a month

prior to the event,

set up the infrastructure,

and then maintain it during

the event and take it down

and pick up all the glitter and

peanut shells after everybody's left.

The entire infrastructure of Black

Rock City is stored here on the ranch,

so I am responsible for the overall care

and maintenance of it in and of itself

but also the infrastructure

that supports that.

These are staff art cars...

the DPW.

They may not be as pretty and

flamboyant as the other people's,

but we're busy putting the event

together and not so much time

working on the cars.

Just to create a... a line of 100 shipping

containers straight is no easy task in itself

and all these are... are pretty

much guaranteed to be packed full.

[YARBROUGH]:
Okay, so this is a

caf container, Center Camp caf.

I'm seeing some tar pitch and

tents and some bicycles and

benches and tables and... and yes, we

picked this one at random just now.

[OTTO VON DANGER]: I want to

get that done today.

I want to be done with that damn

building.

Most of the crew has been here

for about two months,

two and a half months,

some of them.

Administration-wise, you can add

another four months.

When all is said and done, it'll be

seven and a half months out of my life.

Every one of their problems

is my problem too.

Because if they're not happy,

then they're not producing,

or they quit.

It's a huge endeavor,

I cut every corner I can,

and we have to work at a pace

that's fast and furious.

You know, at least we can see the

light at the end of the tunnel.

We're a month out, we're about two

weeks from hitting the playa.

So this is the paint crew.

Say hi, paint crew.

Hello.

Burn Wall Street!

We were really surprised

by the demand.

The lottery system worked

just the way it was supposed to.

And what we found out is that a lot more people

want to come to Burning Man than we expected.

So we're in a supply and demand

issue right now,

and it's stressing

the community as a whole.

We're going to be offering some theme

camps tickets to its core supporters.

The people that it really takes

to make sure that camp happens.

The criteria we used

to judge which camps

are going to be getting tickets is based

on first of all the 10 principles.

Whether you fully embraced

the 10 principles...

If you take a collaborative group

and randomize who gets to go,

you break down the entire

purpose of the collaboration.

And then people don't trust their

membership in the collaboration.

And that sucks.

We are hell-bent in doing

what we do best,

which is finding really good

solutions to problems

that other people might

just walk away from.

Because this is our community.

And everyone in our community

is valuable.

And we're going to take the

coil, Katy, back over to...

Oh god, we are a week and a half

out from Burning Man,

a week from when

we pack up and leave.

I don't like talking about it

'cause it freaks me out,

but we're going to be fine.

Oh my god. Let's put the pump up through

the square, the rectangle, please.

We are putting on the first two heart-shaped

ribs of the interior structure,

which there will be

a total of six of them,

so these are the first two

of the largest ones.

So this is... this is a big day.

Luckily, I have a really good crew

of people, volunteers and such,

that keep showing up every day,

so we have extra pairs of hands

and that's been critical.

There we go. There we go.

Wait that needs to stop.

The breathing deeply and yeah.

Watch your step on those things,

Jenny.

Usually every year, I mean,

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