Archive for the ‘Burning Man’ Category

Flipside 2010

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Burning Man 2009 Pictures

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

The rest of the pictures are up in the Gallery.   As always, Burning Man was an intense, rewarding, and refreshing experience for me.  Aside from the amazing art and explosions, taking a week to disconnect from the multi-tasking distractions of my everyday life always refreshes me and serves as a reminder not to get too distracted by the toys and technology of modern life.

Home from Burning Man 2009, more pictures to follow

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The preparations continue . . .

Monday, August 17th, 2009
Shelter Systems 18' Dome

Shelter Systems 18' Dome

Since I already have most of my other gear from previous years, this year I decided to invest in some improved shelter for my trip to the Playa.

The preparations begin…

Monday, August 10th, 2009

my appearance in the “365 Days of Burning Man” calendar

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

So, I finally made my appearance in the “365 Days of Burning Man” calendar that I mentioned a while back :-)

Brian Schwarz at Mutopia, on the Playa.

For more information about the art in the background, check out the Mutopia page on the Flaming Lotus Girls website.

Houston Art Car Parade

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Mother’s Day was my primary purpose for diverting to Houston for the weekend a few weeks ago, but I also had a chance to participate in the Houston Art Car Parade. While I really enjoyed riding on the Vroom Vroom Room (our favorite mobile piano bar), this Radio Flyer car was probably the most impressive from-scratch art car that I saw that day.

The Red Flyer

“Crude Awakenings”

Friday, September 7th, 2007

While the burning of "The Man" was impressive as always, the pyrotechnics used when they burned the "Crude Awakenings" art installation later that evening were by far the most impressive I've ever seen.  See these links for some video of the second burn of the evening:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_mWRIY45Yk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWGx0PhDGlU

Crude Awakenings

A different kind of art car . . .

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Burning Man 2007

Back from the Burn

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

More to follow . . .

the second burn:  Crude Awakening