Tales of a Technogypsie

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 – the night before the burning of the regional effigy’s (all 21 – largest planned controlled burn on the planet outside of war) our CORE group – Ireland – got together for a small party and Irish jam session as our effigy – the Celtic Dragon to wish her farewell into [...]

Sunday at the Burn 2010: Breaking Down Camp and Returning Home Exodus on Sunday, bumper-to-bumper, 3 hour long, 7 + lanes wide Sunday, 5 September 2010 * Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, United States of America * While still a bit hungover, Sir Thomas Leaf awoke rather early to set out in breaking down [...]

Excellent Adventure Excellent Adventure* Burning Man 2010 * Black Rock City, Nevada * Contact: bm10 (at) carbonworkshop (dot) com * A art piece near the Temple of Flux stands voice-reacive audio-visual laser-blastin’ phone booths created by Gustavo Huber and Shelly Brown of Carbon Workshop. In tribute to the time travelling “Bill and Teds Most Excellent [...]

Saturday at the Burn 2010: Bodypainting, Dust Storms, Art, Music Saturday, 4 September 2010 * Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, United States of America * Awakening with a bit of a hangover, Sir Thomas Leaf set out to open up the Tree Leaves Body Painting Station before setting out for his day. He wandered [...]

Friday at the Burn 2010: Bodypainting, Dust Storms, Art, Music “The Man” – 2010 Friday, 3 September 2010 * Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada, United States of America * Awakening to the hot sun after a mid-morning glare peering into the Vanwagon vardo, Sir Thomas Leaf stumbled out of the van, off his futon, [...]

Thunderdome / Death Guild * Burning Man * Black Rock City, Nevada * http://www.deathguildthunderdome.com/ * Every year many Burners look forward to the infamous “Thunderdome”, the interactive art project of San Francisco’s famed “Death Guild”. It is one of Burning Man’s most famous landmarks and one of its most exciting projects/theme camps. Operating for 6 [...]

Burning Man 2010: Metropolis * Black Rock City, Nevada * Monday, 30 August 2010 through Monday 6 September 2010 * Every year, in the heart of the Nevada Desert, a city known as Black Rock City is constructed to host the Burning Man Festival. It is a human created world with a dream of teaching [...]

Gerlach, Nevada, USA: Gerlach was founded with the construction of the Feather River Route of the Western Pacific Railroad from 1905-1909. Very much tied with Empire, Gerlach is the larger of the two towns on the edige of Black Rock Desert. Combined population with Empire is about 500 according to the 2000 Census. Both towns [...]

Empire, Nevada, U.S.A.: Very much tied to “Gerlach“, Empire is the smallest of the two towns on the edge of the Black Rock Desert. It is the classic company town of the United States Gypsum Corporation which owns all property and buildings in Empire. This was the longest continually operating gypsum mine in the U.S. [...]

Burning Man Festival Black Rock City, Nevada Burning Man is a week long arts and entertainment, sustainable and self-reliance festival that occurs every year embracing Labor Day. From 1986 until 1989 there was a Summer Solstice bonfire ritual held on Baker Beach in San Francisco by Larry Harvey, Jerry James, and their friends. Here they [...]

Utah, Nevada, into Black Rock City Wednesday, 1 September 2010 * Utah-Nevada, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf and Lady Ellie awoke after night stay at the Wyoming and Utah border rest area. They were quickly back on the road to Black Rock City. Driving through the hot terrain of Utah, past the [...]

Black Rock City, Nevada, United States Is one of Nevada’s largest cities during Labor Day every year. It is a temporary, experimental, city of art that only exists for the annual Burning Man Festival that creates it. It is created together by artisans, community, adventurers, gypsies, scientists, Burners, and the Black Rock City, LLC organization. [...]

“The British Tree Leaf”a.k.a. The Tree Leaves’ Merchanting or Bodypainting Camp Tent 2001 C.E. to Present. : It was in 2001 that Sir Thomas Leaf was blessed with this new festival tent. The tent was created by the infamous seamstress “Bonefinder” for Leaf in Vancouver, British Columbia. It consists of a historic British Columbia Forestry [...]

Leaving for Burning Man … Entering Boulder, Colorado Monday-Tuesday, 30-31 August 2010 * Colorado Springs / Boulder / Fort Collins, Colorado thruWyoming, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf finished off two days of work in the laboratory at the Curation facility working with prehistoric artifacts, finishing up requested maps and doing alot of [...]

Packing Up For Burning Man … 29 August 2010 * Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf arose early to drag out his festival tent, Burning Man survival gear, equipment, and camping supplies. This was the first time he would be taking his new (well very old, but new to him) [...]

Celebrating a Knight’s Birthday and Smash Club 21 August 2010 * Denver, Colorado, United States of America * Sir Thomas Leaf prepared for the Knight’s gathering up in the Mile High City at Sir Guy’s Treehouse Party that would end with “Smash Club” (think “Fight Club” with large sledge hammers bashing appliances). He piled into [...]

The Mythmakers special performance* http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ * performance at Faerieworlds: Day 1 * July 31, 2009 * from 11:30-midnight on the main stage * “To create, integrate, and to perform a new cultural mythology. To live and inspire a new dream, which empowers the individual, community, and culture to co-create a sustainable future for all life.” [...]

Dreamtime FestivalPaonia, Colorado * July 16-19, 2009 *http://www.dreamthefuture.org/Each year, in the high desert Rocky Mountain valley outside of Paonia is a music, art, and educational festival born to inspire creativity, awareness, sustainability, art, music, festivity, networking, personal growth, and social change. Its focus is learning and transformation bringing together community with members old and new [...]

Volcano Burn at Apogaea 2009 Apogaea 2009http://www.apogaea.com Happy Ass Ranch, Lake George, Colorado * Annually each June * Colorado’s Regional Burn * Every year the local Colorado Burner community puts together a regional burn in central eastern Colorado called “Apogaea”. An amazing festival of arts, sustainability, and community with leave-no-trace green thumbs on a wild [...]

Tree Leaves’ Oracle Bodypainting Station at Apogaea 2009: Our second year at Apogaea, gifting to the community body paints and bodypainting assistance as a camp where you can come paint yourself or (if he’s in) be painted by the resident bodypainter Leaf McGowan. Below are some of this year’s paintings by Leaf McGowan. Apogaea is [...]

Saturday, 6th June 2009 Lake George, Colorado Travelogue: Apogaea, Day 3 [ Apogaea – Colorado’s Regional Burn, June 2009 Partying at the Crop Circle Cantina * Fawn and Kerri Anne dancing up a storm Another morning rising early … hanging in the hammock, enjoying the rising sun, and the multi-colored goats across the way. As [...]

Friday, 5th June 2009 Lake George, Colorado Travelogue: Apogaea, Day 2 [ Apogaea – Colorado’s Regional Burn, June 2009 Early to rise I meandered out to the hammock for some relaxation before breakfast. The camp slowly started waking. Viktoria, Alan, and a bunch of others camped with us too. Breakfast was had together – Noah [...]

Telluride Mine Burn PartyTelluride, Coloradowww.totallyawesomewow.com From Burning Man’s “Wheel of Thwarted Ambition” Art exhibit comes a new sensational party that appears to be slated annually for fun in historic, scenic, and artistic Telluride. Within and around a defunct Limestone Mine the local artistic community throws the party of the year – to celebrate and commune [...]

Tree Leaves’ Body Painting Station * Corner of 5:00 and B streets * Black Rock City, Nevada * Burning Man 2008 / American Dream * DAY THREE – CRITICAL TITS A Theme station for bodypainting and body art for costuming, fun, adoration, and entertainment. Whether being painted by professionals in the camp or a do-it-yourself-paint [...]

Tree Leaves’ Body Painting Station * Corner of 5:00 and B streets * Black Rock City, Nevada * Burning Man 2008 / American Dream A Theme station for bodypainting and body art for costuming, fun, adoration, and entertainment. Whether being painted by professionals in the camp or a do-it-yourself-paint station … Tree Leaves gifts the [...]

Me and Allison, Some Enchanted Burning Prom (Denver, CO) 8/9/08Photos by Shutterbug Me and Allison, Some Enchanted Burning Prom (Denver, CO) 8/9/08Photo by Pesoptimist (c) 2008 Some Enchanted Burning – A Twisted Burner Prom* August 9th, 2008 * 9:00 PM – 5:00 AM * 2625 Larimer St, Denver, CO * $10 pre-sale, $20 at door [...]

Thursday 5, thru Saturday, 7 June 2008 – Day 2 & 3 Apogaea Festival * Lake George, Colorado Tree Leaves’ Face and Body Painting StationDidn’t start up the booth officially until Friday the 6th. Thursday the 5th was primarily setting up. Friday I had a handful of festival-goers come in for some simple face and [...]