Addendum
I happen to forget one of the most important things concerning Burning Man. The personal interaction that occurs between individuals. So here is a little something that occurred between me and a dude at the gate.
As my Frisco buddy and I were traveling back from eating the burgers we were stopped by a guy at the gate. The deal was he didn’t have a ticket to get into the festival and he didn’t have enough money to get in. He asked if I wanted a half an eighth of Frop for twenty bucks. Now being a savvy and experienced man, in the way that Jimmy Hendrix asks repeatedly on the oldies stations, I was not too keen on the idea of forking over my meager funds in front of a festival patrolled by the cops and being as I didn’t have too much cash on me, and a sack already, I offered to buy him a ticket in. the crux of it was that we had to get him in for ten bucks and to do that he had to look like he was ready for the playa. So up we went to the gate, and I did the shpeel thing I so love to do.
I laid down the story on the gate folks, and they were hip to the idea of him not only getting in for ten bucks, but also in offering ideas for the playa costume to allow for a better financial ease. I wrapped his hoodie sweatshirt around his head in a cape like way and he pulled his underwear up as high as it would go and then put his shoes on his hands. Up we went to the ticket buying area and SHAZAAM!!! He was good to go, the ticket was bought, and we moved our way into the festival. He righted his gear and we made our way onto the grassy area and proceeded to smoke a little frop.
Now some might ask, why is this important? To you few, who should really know better, why isn’t it? If every day, a few times a day, we interact with each other without the boundaries we work so hard to create around us, the aspect of true communication and informational trade can occur. And we owe it to ourselves to allow for those moments every day.
