This beautiful photograph was sent by Lindsay Waldrop for the Science of Kissing Gallery. She writes:
I’m submitting this photo fresh from the playa at Burning Man 2010. It comes off the Temple of Flux, a spiritual art piece dedicated to Burners wishing to leave messages, tributes, and memorials for those who have died, those that are dead to them, and those that have impacted their lives in special ways during the past year. On Sunday night, the Temple and all these messages are burned. I came across this tribute, already covered in the thick, alkali playa dust of Black Rock Desert, and thought it would be perfect for your gallery.
It’s assuredly one of my favorite images so far because it captures such an ephemeral moment. Given it’s about to burn up, I can’t help but be reminded of Green Day’s 21 Guns.
Submit your original photo or artwork for consideration in this growing collection of kisses across time, space, and species.
Have readers been to Nevada’s Burning Man festival? In 2009, the theme just happens to be Evolution:
“In 2009, the Burning Man will rise above a ‘tangled bank’ consisting of irregular wooden triangles. No two elements of this organic composition will be quite the same; together they’ll create what’s best described as a chaotic truss. At night the tangled bank will come alive with luminous life forms scratching, crawling and slithering their way through it. This space will also house a pond known as the Gene Pool. Strange Ur-creatures will peep outward from the surface of this primal soup. The central tree supporting Burning Man, beribboned with a double helix, will exist in flux: switching on and switching off, changing colors unexpectedly.”
The organizers pose three questions:
- What are we as human beings?
- Where have we come from?
- How may we adapt to meet an ever-changing world?
Check out past art installations at Burning Man’s site and here’s a little detail from my hometown.
Is anyone headed to the desert in September?
