At Burning Man 2010

Come on people rejoice  We need a little funnnnnnnnnnn. And Hi!

To go forward-go back

We need to go back and piece together all the broken stories, myths, and tales that informed our world. We need to go back to celebrating the sun, moon, and planets. We need to go back to the soil, plants, insects,mammals-all creatures and thank them. We need to go back to feeling clean air enter our lungs. And when we sit down to feed our bodies-give thanks. A Buddhist Prayer goes: Many labors brought us this food. We should know how it comes to us. It does matter whose prayer, but slowing down to give thanks is important. Go out and watch the sunset. Go out and watch the sun rise. Go out and celebrate the gift of life and bring it inside with you. Great!

Are the stars out tonight

We live in a small town near the Grand Canyon and at this point we have as good a dark night sky as the canyon. As this town grows, slowly, more light will shine up into the sky, mostly because the unawareness of stars, constellations, planets being visable to the naked eye. Are you able to see the stars, planets etc. where you live? Knowing the night sky means you are never away from home, all you have to do is look up at night and there, are those same stars you see outside your door. Or not. Please comment on your night sky, I hope we can save it.Together

Our solstice ceremony

                                                           Bring instruments

                                                  The fire is the offering as well as the music

Our Solstice Marker

I'm facing southwest next to the solstice marker my wife, Marcia built. Every winter we invite friends to celebrate the turning of the sun back to us. There is an opening in the wall where the sun projects a point of light onto a point that marks that event. We believe it is important to witness the astrological and mythological events that connect us to creation.

Kaibab Sunset

My wife loves to make shadows on trees. In the background House Rock Valley and that curve on the right is upper Grand Canyon in the far distance Echo Cliffs

Octoburn Madman (me)

I think the whole point is to celebrate our relationship to the elements. AND have fun, I think I sorta went nuts

Art Business

Yesterday we spent the day at a seminar on making $ out of art. Marcia, my wife, said: "I'm in it only for the art" This is one of her pieces an actual formal dress that she painted and called "Earth Dress" before ceremoniously burning it at Solstice.

One of our guests at the Octoburn

Could'vd been a human Katchina

tell me your tale

I'm a storyteller, so please send me any of your stories. I promise I won't keep them but I believe I can be a better teller by listening well. I'm sure there's some really interesting albeit short real life stories out there. Let's begin. To start, ask about the story behind this photo. Just copy and  paste and go to my e mail tommar@kanab.net Thanks.