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This is a self-portrait I did from a photo. All sharpy marker and love. For my Mommy. Copyright 06
This Crazy Summer Life (Part 3, 2008)
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Oh my! Another late night ramble!
Continue reading if interested in me. Skip down if only interested in adventure.
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"People remember you for what you've done. Friends remember you for who you are."
A quote ...
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This crazy summer LIFE (part 2) (old, but wanted to post it)
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I actually wrote this july 5th
Hello again friends!
I'm done with my third week of work.
More amazing times, classes and adventures.
I started teaching a new set of classes: slacklining, clowning, recycled art, improv comedy and martial ar...
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Bubble Wrap Trap
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This year a new kind of theme camp will arrive on the playa. A theme camp that will transcend the previously known aspects of community building and will provide a Buddhafield of growth and expression.
This is the Bubble Wrap Trap.
We will b...
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The Bubble Wrap Trap!
( events » community ) This year a new kind of theme camp will arrive on the playa. A theme camp that will transcend the previously known aspects of community building and will provide a Buddhafield of growth and expression.
This is the Bubble Wrap Trap.
We will b...
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event starts Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 1:00 PM
This Crazy Life (part 1)
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Hello people I love! I write this note much later than I should on a moonless Sunday night. I should be asleep but my wish to keep some semblance of contact keeps me writing.
The first week of my newest life is over. 45 hours of teaching 7-12 y...
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Oh my! Another late night ramble!
Continue reading if interested in me. Skip down if only interested in adventure.
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"People remember you for what you've done. Friends remember you for who you are."
A quote that, as far as I know, came from me. I had a moment of insight at the beginning of this summer that what I want is contradictory to this "truth".
I want to be famous for who I am, and I don't care if anyone ever knows what I have done.
I want to do many great things, and I would like to be famous; but nonsensically, I want no connection between them.
Please help me out with this one.
"Take nothing I do seriously, it is all ridiculous. But know that I treat it with the utmost sincerity"
I am insecure that people will take the things I do and say too seriously. I try to be completely honest and sincere, and ask for nothing.
ON TO ADVENTURE>>>>>
My Casti Summer Camp fun ended, and the very next morning I flew to TEXAS.
A light switch jumped and my experiences blinked into a new dimension. ON was TX fun, family, adventure, heat and old friends. OFF went a gamut of wonderful relationships being developed, my partner in crime, and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of little girls on my shoulders.
Mixed emotions?
I usually give up on maintaining relationships in the interim, simply because I have so many and so little time. But I put an inordinate amount of energy into reestablishing contacts when I return to certain locales. Jolly-whilickers! If I put any energy into trying to contact you, you are soo special to me you have no idea!
And if I haven't contacted you yet, please be patient.
BACK TO ADVENTURE>>>>
Texas was a spontaneous joy-ride of water parks, night kayak(yayy palindromes!)ing), partying, martial arts, and sno-cones.
Jonah and I will soon be joining the Olympic rowing team.
- he is a great guy that I respect highly.
My mom will soon be very famous for her art.
- and I love her very much.
Ryan and I will probably be in business together someday.
- I feel very very thankful to have him as a friend, even if for the rest of our lives we reenact our mentally disabled escapades in 711.
Lucas is fucking awesome, see you soon in Stanford.
Dark Knight on IMAX!!! Sooo Good!
Sno-Beach forever is my snocone of choice, it is my only tradition. That and Ultimate Challege Tae Kwon Do.
I broke 10 boards in one day.
My hands still feel rugged.
Then I flew to LA!
Been preparing busily for Burning Man ever since.
THE BUBBLE WRAP TRAP!
This brand new theme camp includes:
- bubble wrap house/artwork/costumes/stress relief/sensual experimentation
- poi/yoga/meditation/improv classes
- yummy food and people!
- BUBBLES!
and much more.
Tonight I went on a sailing race with my Pawps, and won third place. Out of a fleet of 15 boats. Not too shabby.
I leave tomorrow night for the Burn, I should get some sleep now.
Goodnight friends.
Fri, August 22, 2008 - 12:46 AM
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I actually wrote this july 5th
Hello again friends!
I'm done with my third week of work.
More amazing times, classes and adventures.
I started teaching a new set of classes: slacklining, clowning, recycled art, improv comedy and martial arts.
76 leaves made for a recycled tree, 33 hyperbolic deaths of little girls (32 revives), many many more footsteps across a tightrope, 13 characters explored so deeply I can't tell who isn't real, and 14 little girls that can break a buffalo in 2 pieces.
I had a crazy fourth of july adventure (I will tell you more later), and spontaneously I am going to LA for tomorrow...
I probably won't have any time to spend with anyone in LA, I just wanted you to know that for 8 hours I will be thinking of you. If you read this before Sunday the 6th at 5pm please call me.
Love you lots!
:]
~Darren
PS im stopping in Santa Cruz for tonight, anyone want to show me a good time... ;]
(that is a completely non-suggestive wink, by the way... except maybe for Madwin)
:D
Fri, August 22, 2008 - 12:45 AM
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This year a new kind of theme camp will arrive on the playa. A theme camp that will transcend the previously known aspects of community building and will provide a Buddhafield of growth and expression.
This is the Bubble Wrap Trap.
We will be offering poi, yoga, meditation and improv classes.
We will have slacklining, DIY bubble wrap art, and several hug patrols.
We may have spots open if you need a place to stay.
At 3:30 and Fairlane, the Bubble Wrap Trap welcomes people from all walks of playa life with more bubbles then even we can imagine.
For thousands of years the bubble has been considered the perfect synthesis of the elements, and of creation vs destruction.
Come learn about the bubble.
Come pop the bubble.
Come be the bubble.
Love and Peace~~~
Dhyan, Reposado, and Mr. Syx
Fri, August 22, 2008 - 12:37 AM
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Hello people I love! I write this note much later than I should on a moonless Sunday night. I should be asleep but my wish to keep some semblance of contact keeps me writing.
The first week of my newest life is over. 45 hours of teaching 7-12 year old girls gone by. Several plastic bottles and hundreds of paper scraps recycled into beauty. 6 Ninja Missions accomplished, zero casualties. 43 pieces of art forged through nature's inspiration. 511 footsteps across a taught one inch piece of webbing. 22 types of Improv and 76 scenes. 1 truck and two beds slept in. And countless instances of incredible hospitality.
Thank you to everyone that has kept me alive and smiling.
I am trying to keep in contact but clearly I'm quite busy, I promise we will talk soon.
This job and this nonstop adventure is already challenging me and changing me in completely new ways. These girls are doing a great job of forcing me to stay in the moment and pouring out creativity, I always said girls will be the death of me.
This experiment in finding my home wherever my heart is, has resulted in many homes and a huge heart (or is it the other way around?).
If you have read this and would like to help me find a home (or a heart) and you live in or near Palo Alto, please call me.
Nik and I need places to sleep.
:D
I love all of you (especially you... yes YOU... the one reading this... yes I love you, don't make me say it again...)
Sleep late, all you folks that don't gotta wake up at 5am.
Muah!
~Dhyan
Sun, June 22, 2008 - 11:49 PM
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Hello, to my few friends on tribe!
I find it strange, my myspace and facebook profiles have always overflowed with friends, but my tribe has remained small.
At Burning Man I know so many people, but few have transitioned to my 'normal' life, and far far fewer have transitioned to my e-life.
I want to change this, to bring the people of the Burn to the forefront of my life, any suggestions?
As to the point of this bloggggg:
I will soon be starring in a play. It's called the Instigator, is a one-man show, and is amazing.
I hope to see all 9 or so of you come to visit me up here and see me perform.
Pretty picture: by Darren Sarkin aka Dhyan
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 11:09 PM
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