Welcome to Chaos !!

Look at these beautiful murals/paintings by Center Camp.....the mural maze!

Artist Ania Amador.
Then I really liked these too......I would love this one on one of the walls inside my home.

What burns during Burning Man? The Man always burns and so does the Temple. Man on Saturday and Temple on Sunday. During the week leading up to those burns there are usually some other art installations going up in flames.
I think that probably 90% of the population at Black Rock City gather around in a circle around the Man to watch "him" burn. The fireworks are always spectacular. Extra bonus.....no animals get traumatized.

The Temple is just heartbreaking. But beautiful. Just walking inside the Temple during the week makes me cry. In 2018 I brought Chhaya's ashes with me to Burning Man. I did not spread any of the ashes, they ashes are intact. Still. This year I brought my Mom's ashes to Burning Man and I held her ashes while the Temple burned. And I put my Mom's pictures in the Temple, together with my Senna's pictures and my soulmate's pictures in there as well. 
At this point I am only here because I have Kaya and because I am still alive. But I am SAD. 
I am looking for signs everywhere from them from wherever they are and I got some at Burning Man.
The fire from the Temple was burning strong and hot. It is really intese......many emotions. A lot of people are crying. Why does it hurt so much to be alive?

And more Axis Mundi art. 
Next time, which I hope will be next year I am definitely going on a couple of art tours like I did this year. You sit back, relax and enjoy, it is like sightseeing on a tourbus.
I loved this group of animals. Because I just LOVE animals. Animals are amazing and are the most precious and beautiful beings on this planet. Everything alive, animals, insects, trees, plants are amazing......human beings are to me the worst thing on the planet. Obviously I am a human so yes, that includes me. I try to be a good human to all the animals and insects and plants that I encounter. And because I feel this way, I think that is why I loved this piece of art so much. It spoke to me. 
The Council of Animals (What to do about the Humans).
Read about it here.
quillhyde.com/the-council-of-animals

The Coyote - so cute!

Only Love Will Remain. Beautiful! I wonder if this art will be put somewhere after Burning Man?

The art (some, far from all) at Burning Man 2026 Axis Mundi.
I really liked this rabbit sitting on a melting moon, looking lonely. This is how I feel, lonely. Sometimes alone and ok but other times lonely and sad because of significant losses that changed my life forever. Changed into deep sadness. The people that were very important to me are gone.

D.A.R.E - Does Art Reside Everywhere. In memory of the artist's brother who passed away from a heroin overdose.
I wish I could say I do not know this kind of loss and heartache but I do and it is consuming me.

In a world shaken by climate crisis, economic instability and wars, a mysterious phenomenon that no one understands sends the Eiffel Tower, an emblem of French pride, crashing into the Nevada desert. From its ruins emerges Eiffela Broken Dream, a new symbol inviting humanity to rebuild a better world. 

The art looks different depending on if you view it during the day or after dark. A lot of the art is lit up after dark.
Curious to learn more about Axis Mundi and Burning Man? Read here.
journal.burningman.org/2025/10/philosophical-center/the-theme/burning-man-2026-axis-mundi/

Not only was there dust.....there was also mud at Burning Man this year. Why not? At least my tent did not blow away and it was only muddy for like half a day. In 2016 when I went to Burning Man with my brother......hold on, wait that was TEN YEARS AGO and those ten years flew by and the reality of that is making me feel all kinds of weird feelings. Anyhow, in 2016 me and my brother arrived, put up the tent and the shade structure and then biked out to see some stuff. And when we returned the shade structure was gone, it blew away. That is when I learned to bring the proper stakes to keep things in place. We located the shade structure and put it back up but it was like mangled. Anyhow during this year's dust storms and winds I managed to squeeze in some activities.

The Temple. I went there three times and put up pictures of my loved ones that passed on. 

I went on a couple of art tours. This one was on the Cencus art car. My company was my friend Ming that I met at Burning Man a few years ago, we kept in touch.

Sometime around 7 am or so on Friday I woke up to the sound of raindrops that just would not stop. It rained for a while and I was hoping it would not be a repeat of 2023 but by the early afternoon I was out walking on the playa.

Friday evening I hopped on The Monaco for a sunset art cruise. We made it to the trash fence when the fuel pump went out and Danger Ranger, who happened to be onboard as well, came to the rescue and towed The Monaco with his truck back to camp. Danger Ranger is amazing, I really wish I would had asked him if I could take a picture with him but I felt too shy to ask. Instead I stared at him like.......wow.

You should bring everything you will eat, drink and use to Burning Man. Unless you stay at some plug-and-play camp, which even if I was a millionaire I would not do. I want to have the whole Burning Man experience, even the struggles.
Here is some of the food that I brought to Burning Man. Not pictured, chips and beverages including water.

And we had this luxurious set up. I did not need to unpack my camp stove or the propane that I brought. Yeay! Our kitchen was underneath a large canopy that provided shade and shelter and we also had a large table with seating. So nice.