Snuggletown Meeting 3.6.2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
4:48 PM
Attendees : bob, sam, ellie, tzara, kristi, robin.
Where: creston park.
Agenda: Art
Ellie: underwear idea (from seattle).
mission statement was approved unanimously.
Sam: temple story talked about mike situation last year
Ellie: talked abut difference between not liking someone and not communicating.
Kristi read the burningman art theme.
Snuggletown! as a place to explore your inner consciousness; the need for innocent human touch / interaction. who would you be if you put your ego aside?
Sam: be able to have the unconscious come out but be conscious about it.
dress up a sexual little girl. a place to explore our uncon hopes dreams fears in an conscious environment
safe space to just be, touch connect.
just be aware of / have a safe space to come to your awareness.
Ellie: question becomes, if this is who we are at Snuggletown! But how do we visually explain that. Sam: little girl but distorted. Bob: not art is visual. Sam: Dance space?
Music is a way to reach the subconscious. Tzara has a PA. Ellie: integrate the space from the meditation, dome. Records 12 hours worth of stuff, constant loop, thought have phrases, maybe have jiro read them. Different voices. Find bells, bell sounds. Water sounds??! Sam: Creepiness is part of the experience, and little girls And that's ok. Not to act out on it, but in a safe space. Maybe there would be a lot less pedophiles in the world. Ellie: how old are you now?
Sam: Unconscious active imagination. Danger is the uncon. can overwhelm, the con. Not have a firm grasp on the uncon. is unhealthy. BUS on the playa !! Snugglebus / fugglebus on the playa. Clouds. Paint it? Brass bed? Build a platform to sit on top. We need on anyway to haul stuff.
People went crazy last year with stuff. We don't all have to go in the bus. Kristi, rent a car to haul all the carpet. Rent a u-haul?
Sam: transform the bus. Ellie Get bedposts from freecycle. Tzara extendable posts with curtains. Ellie: we need a committee. Sam, bed w/ clouds. Ellie: like chitychitybangbang. Sam: fake posts, pcv. Paint it gold. Ellie old sheets and drape them. Tzara: wield the mounts on prior, and extend the posts when we get to the playa.
Sam: clouds painted on the inside. Nylon netting, with pillow stuffing. White cloud look. Put a big pad on the top of the
Ellie: 20ft. Streamers, wrap around while sitting, and stream behind while driving.
Sam: want it to look like bed, but with clouds on it. Paint it to look like open spaces. Attach blankets on the side. Ellie: call out to community to see in any has worked on a parade float.
Bob: we have a bus, rounded top. Drill holes and bolt, to make a platform. Carry stuff on way down. Posts up on side. Tzara we might want metal, for support. Bob, air to inflate, support clouds. Electric fan. Mattresses on top. Ladder on side? People have died falling off. Cut hole in top of bus for staircase, or rope ladder. Ellie: hatch? Sam: sunroof.
Kristi, safety concern, rolling off. Crib siding. No standing roll. Sam: make it low enough you can't stand.
Bob, top down, what does bus look like? Sam: original idea bed is the bus, not on top. Bob: fuggleplace in the clouds on top. Sam: make it look like a canopy? Ellie: like Tzara's bed.
Bob: hang curtain-y type stuff from the top.
We can do anything, we are Snuggletown!
Heebeegeebee's style parachute, one big social tent / dome. Tunnel, one leads to one remaining dome, reinforced. Private. Sex dome? Ellie: We need to talk about that as a group. we can always use the fugglebus. Post a disclaimer?
Bob, we can get huge tents. Tzara: we should connect with people that have done that style of dome, to get insight on how to build it without creating lift (aerodynamics).
Sam: we can do something like the Bedouin camp.
Tzara, arch was good. Bob: should be stronger.
Tzara: Kitchen ideas, we can configure structures and add a tarp to create space.
Ellie: size of camp? Stay same size people wise? At least this year? 40? We don't want huge amounts of issues. This issue was discussed in a previously meeting - those who attended were for revisiting the issue.
Evap pond? Robin, going to build w/ EL wire
Ellie: money now to reserve space. Cash now. We need money now. Little bit of cash to plan fundraiser party. Concerned about growing to fast. Grow slowly. More sustainable.
Sam: limit to 50?
Ellie: prepare food ahead.
Tzara: restaurant idea? Bob: yes we should do that again.
Tzara: post playa was difficult, and we need to plan for that now.
Sam: schedule post party prior to the playa.
Restaurant Latin : men son incorpara sano. Feed the mind feed the body.
Sam: Sunday night, something set aside. PB&J?
Want to arrive early!
More xmas lights.
Talked about dome issues last year.
Kristi: concerned about 100 people on the email list, and we don't know who they are. Privacy issues. Like to know who the people are who are reading that. Need to get to know them, or…?
Sam: somebody, came to my house and used the hot tub, and tv was on, food was eaten, while we were gone ?!?!
Ellie: announce deletion of 'lurkers'. Have people announce who they are.
Meeting finished at 3:35pm
Bus concept
Tent / dome
Kitchen structure