Snow in the Hood

A little too much snow today…

Feb 2nd 2014. Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Home 2013 – Art and dust

There are 3 main things that are important to me at the Burning Man:
One is the fantastic people you meet or you are with, other is the million of Art Installations, Sculptures, Effigies… that are around La Playa waiting for us to go visit, and the last is music and the party.
This post is about me going by myself taking pictures for hours and hours, I have to say that it is one of my favorite moments of the day. Free myself and go explore, can’t explain with words…

These are the best photographs I took this year about Art in dust.
Hope you like it :)

“Truth is Beauty” Photo Studio #2 @ Burning Man 2013

Totally obsessed with this sculpture by Marco Cochrane called “Truth is Beauty”.
–Dusty times–

Thanks for making this great to photograph piece of art. I love you!!

“Truth is Beauty” Photo Studio @ Burning Man 2013

First short sample of the images I took @ The Burning Man 2013.

This is a Studio of the sculpture by Marco Cochrane called “Truth is Beauty”, one of my favorites this year.

More pics and little projects are to come in the next days, please keep an eye for the upcoming ones.

Already missing that beautiful place so much.

LOVE
Ro

PS: Check out this inspiring video if you want to learn more about the artist and his work:

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/62843802]

Alevia

Alevia, Asturias, España

Santander (La Santa), Cantabria, Spain

Santander harbor

Burning Man 2012

One week ago I was in La Playa with my dream team and all the amazing human beings that go to that event. It is like a convention of good people giving all their love to each others. All the best hugs are in La Playa. It is there where you realize how many things we have and how many things we can totally get rid off to be happy. All the effort that is going to Burning Men for me, it is totally worthy. Survive and receive help from estrangers. Share the best time with the best team I could think of. Visualize, imagine, create. Get inspired, get lost, come back. Have all this beautiful adventures when going out to explore… I have no words to explain how does it feel… EXPERIENCES. I miss La Playa!

Welcome home!!

Our nest

Dream team, Brooklyn fuckers ;)

I am not a virgin anymore!!!!!

I heart Robot Heart, Vadim

Francesco, artist

District yeahh

Lobito

Me with my hand made feather head piece

Condom shoots!!!

Adrian getting his tattoo ;)

Zebra

Chilling

Feathers team

The duck pond. Fantastic spot

Caleb and Alex Kane

Alex Kane, musician

Our bikes, thanks Dennis!!!!

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“Sky diving” team

Ryan and Vadim one more year!!

jejejej

Connie and Adrian at our camp, Music Savages. 9:00 and I

Another unbelievable day is about to finish and the night is to come. 2 different worlds to explore in la playa

Night’s safari

Best dinner at Max’s. Thanks so much!!!!

Views from 4:00 of La Playa

Vadim, me and Jim, priceless people. Love and respect!!

At the man

Dusty times

The temple

Surreal

Inside the temple

Sunset dances

The men

Sky burning at 9:00

Osiris 

Emancipator at sunrise

Carlos, España. Ole, ole and ole vecino!!!

Connie Yin, resident DJ for NYC-Underground Resolute

Marina Bank, love

Love

Caleb

Vadim

Robot Heart

Leaving La Playa, way to San Francisco in a school bus.

WEST COAST TRIP

13th DAY

LA

Panoramic

Venice beach

Los Angeles food

La Cienaga street

Drive to San Diego and nice dinner with Sean

14th DAY

San Diego

This is my only picture from San Diego… from Sean house (so pretty and beautiful).
This means that I may have to came back to the finest city!!!! LOVE IT

We woke up in the morning to drive to Vegas, pick up our crew for Burning Men and drive all the way to Reno. Some amazing time is waiting for us!!!!!!! BURNING MEN!!!!!

8th, 9th and 10th DAY

San Francisco

America’s cup, (most important sailor event in the world). American and Korean boat waiting on the SF bay

11th DAY

Lowepro and drive to Yosemite

Visiting Lowepro, Petaluma with my good friend John H K Riley. Thanks for your support!!! Great experience and looking forward to our future projects :) 

Camping at The Pines, Yosemite Natural Park, BBQ, costume making and flowing creativity. 

12th DAY

Yosemity and drive to LA

El capitan through Shwood sunglasses filter

Half Dome 

6th DAY

California.

Driving to the Redwoods and Camping in Mill Creek at Del Norte Cost State Park

Camp fire + BBQ

7th DAY

Damnation Creek trial.

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Driving to Mendocino to visit Greg

Early-morning hike through the Redwood trees. Dreaming…

Pacific Ocean views from the Damnation Creek trial

Back to the camping!!

Driving to Mendo

Night party timeeee :) Best time, people, wine… NO WORDS…

7th DAY

Mendo, Navarro beach, Bodega bay and San Francisco (winter town)

This are the views from Greg’s house, first thing we saw in the morning.

Navarro beach

R. Mac Holbert me and Greg Gorman at Mendocino, Cali

Good bye Mendocino

Bodega Bay, California (Where Hitchkoc filmed the movie “the birds”)

Arriving to San Francisco at night time, Golden Gate bridge

4th DAY

Oregon Coast

Cannon beach, Haystack rock

Oswald beach

5th DAY

Camping in Soap Stone Lake and surfing

Soapstone Lake hiking

Cannon beach, cold water surfing

3rd DAY

Washington

Lewis river, pine trees

Yale Lake

There are no pictures from the Portland night… but I have no words!!Very interesting bizarre night. want to repeat :)
LOVES
Ro

Seattle – Bainbridge island – Olympia – Portland

1 st DAY

Chihuly garden and glass @ Seattle Art Museum

Seattle creative streets

Good bye Seattle!!

Bainbridge Island.

2nd DAY

Portland nature, Cascades (volcano mountain range).Multnomah Falls.

Colombia river gorge, Washington and Oregon border.Good night… tomorrow will be more!!!!!!

This coast is AMAZINGGGG!!!!!!!!!!! I think I am in LOVE :)
Follow our trip, will try to post every day.
Thanks

Ro

Eternal Traveler Syndrome

My friend Alvarito told me couple of days ago that I have a “problem”. I suffer of this “eternal traveler syndrome”… This made me think a little about the matter… jejejej
Eternal traveler… We are curious people that we don’t care about being some time alone but we need to discover and “culturalize” ourself. Traveling and meeting new people all the time. Survive, enjoy, learn every day something new. Shoot, shoot and shoot!!!
I have being moving  from country to country for the last 5 years of my life. I have also jump the “puddle” to be in NYCity which make me feel so far from my country, ¡La bella España!”. Now I feel like nothing is enough… nothing fully fill me… What is gonna be the next? I can’t even think about staying at the same place for more than 2 years (which is actually a long time). I don’t really “feel at home” anywhere, anymore.
At the same time I never really plant my roots anywhere, networking and relationships are difficult with this, my way of life. We, the the people who suffer of this syndrome, have to be focused on what we want, and built our own path the success on this lonely but exciting life. Everyday a new adventure is waiting to be discover. But… this is a paradox!!!
There is also this cultural shock, we kind of get addict to… Every time I change of country, continent or language happens.
We like to fix our past and our home city in our memory, but in the way they were when we left. It is also very easy to idealize it. But I would never come back there… At least until I have lived my life :) Santander city and I have cheated on each other. That is suppose to transform my relationship forever… But Santander never changes…  my little “Sea’s girlfriend” is like a bubble that will always be the same :) And that make me so happy :)

I am just waiting for something to happen in my life, something as good as exciting, this is a personal fight for getting what I want. I am doing everything I can to fly!!
FLY BEYOND THE SKY :)

RED ROCK DESSERT, Vegas (the other face).

Thanks for all the good experiences :)
LOVE
Ro

HOME

I just realized I didn’t put this amazing images on my blog. I think they are meant to be here and It feel incomplete without them. This is just a try to represent what Burning men means for everybody who have being there, like me. My life have changed but I can’t explain how or the way it does. My recommendation is that if you are interested or just curious, if you love nature and human beings, and if you want to see the more beautiful environment where anybody can be… If you are looking for something but you don’t know what it is…  just go. Don’t even’t think about it, just buy the ticket and go… We will see each other on The Playa! You will understand soon. LOVE. Ro

What a nice experience. See you next year!!
LOVE

Ro