We chilled out today and it was a good thing.. around mid day we finally left Kidsville and headed for Center Camp which is a
giant circle of amazing paintings, shade, music, and performers. A giant storm blew in, apparently the biggest storm in over 6 years, we got hurricane winds, total white out conditions and rain that lasted in total for a few hours, we stayed right where we were and still had our goggles and dust masks on.
It is quite a site to see Mother Nature do her thing in the desert, it brings about a feeling of emmense respect and awe as well as bringing about the experience of being right sized, you feel small and yet part of this massive expression of all that is.
It also is a reminder of the impermanence of all that you can see, it is all so transitory and that is part of the beauty and the mystery. Watching the desert is like seeing the whole picture; life & death, storm & quiet, light & dark, intense beauty & desolation, and in the end it delivers you to the silence, totality, everything and nothing.. quite an experience..
At the end of the storm the show continued and we had art in the sky.. a double rainbow that was a perfect half circle covering the entire sky, the cheering on the playa was like a song, we climbed up on a 12 foot tower to take in the view of the playa celebrating Mother Nature showing off.
While hanging at Center camp we sat in on an awesome drum circle, saw dancers, listened to poetry, did some beading, saw our friend Andrea from the South Bay, saw our friend Mike that we met camping in Tahoe who is from Scotland, twirled some poi balls, climbed on this giant yellow metal structure that is a maze that you drop golf balls into and then twirl it to try to get them out, and made some great trades. There was a guy setting up this alter of necklaces, stones, and he told the kids that could offer a gift and take a gift, they had train whistles and necklaces to offer and found some amazing treasures. They visited the site later and another patron took a gift and offered $20 which somehow got handed to Reese, who was as you can imagine amazingly happy!!
We later headed out to roam the playa and see what we see, that is really my favorite thing, it is always a new adventure and seeing the oh so extravagant constructs of the playa through the eyes of the boys makes it all the more magical for me. We went to the giant chill dome and had a 2 hour wrestling and tickling session on the pillows and then got to dance and climb on the big cages in the dome, we missed the big circus and acrobatic shows that don't start till 11pm or so, but what a full day of adventure and wonder.
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