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Prayer for You
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Burning Man Contest, 2001
STRANGE CONTEST!Rob is going to Burning Man and he wants to take five fertile, uncanny freaks with him. YOU could be chosen as one of the gang! All you have to do is to convince Rob that you're curious, flexible, experimental, imaginative, hardy, and willing to be downright undignified as you carouse with him at Burning Man from August 26 through September 3. Start composing your applications now! There are no rules or format, so make up your own. Oh, OK, here's one guideline. You can always write about "Why I Want To Go to Burning Man with Rob Brezsny." Applications will be accepted through August 2 at zenpride@freewillastrology.com or P.O. Box 150628, San Rafael, CA 94915. Winners will be notified no later than August 3, and earlier if Rob is so amazed by your entry that he picks you instantly. Here's more of the back story. Every year at the end of August, a weird paradise called Burning Man sprouts up for a week in the Nevada desert. Differently cultured folks come from all over to make art, dress funny, dance in the dirt, race shopping carts, launch household appliances out of catapults, build dragons, play drunk badminton, attach hundreds of helium balloons to lawn chairs in the attempt to fly, look for low-cost, high-quality soulmates at the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet -- and much, much more. This year, Rob has the totally cracked idea to rent an RV and head out to Burning Man with five brand new allies, freshly selected from among his newsletter and Web site readers. What is he looking for in his traveling companions? First, he'd prefer makers . . . creators . . . feisty, disciplined self-expressionists like artists or writers or actors or musicians or storytellers. Second, he wants people with people skills. Burning Man may be wild fun, but it'll probably also test your psychological maturity to the extreme. Third, he wants realists who have either been to Burning Man before or who have educated themselves thoroughly about what to expect in its harsh desert climes by studying the information at the Burning Man Web site. Fourth, he wants wise and compassionate lunatics who are willing to shed all their expectations, live in the moment, speak the raw truth, and let their imaginations unfurl as far as they'll go. That's about all you need to know to enter the STRANGE CONTEST. Except for this: Rob won't buy your food, nor will he pay your entry fee to Burning Man -- it's $200 -- but he will provide you with the shelter of a 30-foot RV, the pleasure of his company, and the security of your own eccentric gang to hang with. |
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