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Greetings from the last postcard!

Dear Friends and Family,
I hope you have enjoyed this visit to Café Island? I think you can tell that we had a great time making it happen, both for ourselves and for the entire Burning Man community. Nothing quite compares to experiencing and participating in the real thing, so I encourage you to pay us a visit in person.

Some will say that this project is too long. Those are usually the people who couldn't find any pictures of themselves. And my Dad will say that too, even though there are not one, but two pictures of him in it, and even one by him. Some battles you just can't win?

Well, they may be right. Except that documenting, celebrating, and publicly sharing all the devoted work, volunteer fun, performances, art pieces, visitors, and impromptu gifts is one of the few ways that we have of saying THANK YOU to the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of visitors who help make the Center Camp Café a thriving community center in the middle of an otherwise barren desert. Combine that with the fact that the majority of this community spends 1 week a year together in the city, and the other 51 weeks a year wishing they were there, and I think it barely scratches the surface. I just hope that it brings back the warmest of memories and a heart full of peace and love to those who may otherwise be facing a winter of cold, feeling disconnected, or disheartened at the current state of world affairs.

To my fellow citizens of Black Rock City, I cannot thank you enough for the pure and utter inspirational joy that you bring to my life. I wish that my camera were a mirror, so that I could show each one of you just how beautiful you are. Witnessing the sounds and visions that you create, and the kindness, compassion, generosity and love that you share with us all, I am absolutely convinced that we are accelerating the mindful evolution of humankind. I am honored to walk among you.

I dare not speak for the multitude of talented photographers, film makers, artists, and writers whose renderings contribute to the rich tapestry of documentation that helps share our story with each other and with those who need to find it. However, I believe that they would all join me in thanking you for being so worthy of remembrance and celebration.

Want more? If you're like me, a glutton for Burning Man imagery, you'll enjoy these links to my other documentation projects and galleries of year-round events:

Last but not least... If you read Larry Harvey's recent speech at Cooper Union you read about the concept of bridging social capital. As a community, we accomplish such amazing feats of creative collaboration for the purpose of a week long camping trip in the desert. Just imagine what we will be capable of as we continue to connect in the rest of our lives. As I wrap up this and several other altruistically intentioned projects, it is clear in my mind and heart that I want to and have to continue working within our community on projects that hopefully help make the world a little bit nicer place for us all. If you know of any projects or positions that could greatly benefit from the diverse talents of a computer-geek-photographer-photo-editor-artist-costume-addict (who by the way has a Master's Degree in Computer Science and spent almost 10 years working in the corporate IT world), let's . You can find a resume and tons of gratuitous details at the root of this website. I look forward to your intriguing ideas! And of course, if you are planning an event that should not be forgotten, don't hesitate to

Thanks for visiting Café Island! See you on the playa!

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