Temple of Transition Official Thread

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Many of you heard that the Temple of Transition is being built by the same folks that brought you Megatropolis last year--the International Arts Megacrew. Construction has been happening daily since Kiwi and Irish arrive the first of May 2011. Reno is home to the Temple build site this year as Reno is the summer home for both Kiwi and Irish.

Here's a video of the scale model: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3UdZDAv77o

The Temple of Transition will stand 12 stories tall (120 feet) and span 194 feet across. Five outer temples surround the center tower. Each tower is named to honor a stage of life: Birth, Union, Growth, Death, Decay and the center tower: Gratitude.

There are many photos of the construction of the panels and the crew as well as many ways to interact with us. We look forward to hearing from you, seeing you and being with you.

Smooches
Social Media Manager for Temple of Transition[/youtube]

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We are moving forward with a second round of fundraising. If you are able, please financially contribute to your Temple. Tons of fabulous gifts with your super appreciated donation. Donations help us to purchase additional SFI certified lumber, nails and much of the decorative artwork.

If not, please pass the word along to all of your Burners friends, lists and your family.

From what is happening, this will be a Temple of all Temples!

http://www.indiegogo.com/Temple-of-Transition

Thank you.
International Arts Megacrew
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Want to know more about the Temple of Transition:
Visit: www.temple2011.org
www.facebook.com/temple2011
www.twitter.com/bmtemple
tribes.tribe.net/bmtemple2011

Built by the International Arts Megacrew

[snake]

thanks for posting this and keep us updated.

[Temple-of-Transition]

How do we build an extraordinary Temple at Burning Man for our Burning Man community?
By putting it out to our community.
Experienced Temple builders and Temple builder wanabees like us raised their hands inspired by the Temple itself.
Over the past three months I (Beave) have had the genuine pleasure of connecting with over 350 volunteers, the majority of which are prepared to give up their lives and income for the summer in order to be our crew and become an integral part of this project. The rest are happy to support us as best they can.
We are eternally grateful to them all.
In our home from home in Reno, we have been joined by an exceptional bunch of American Rock Stars who have taken our Temple to heart and made it part of their lives. They are working with us and teaching us skills. Many people travel to Reno just to make this happen. Many more local Reno-ites show up. Everyone welcoming and supporting us in extraordinary ways.
We are also importing half our crew from countries far and wide. A few too many from New Zealand and Ireland but we will all do our best to put up with their crazy ways. A mix of cultures, accents and bad dress sense will add a unique spice to East Fourth Street, Reno. Our American cousins have put up with us pretty well up to now and we thank them in advance for their continued patience and hospitality.
We have professionals from construction, media, graphics, engineering, power, lighting, mechanics, architecture, food industry alongside all manner of artists and visionaries working together.
Our Temple is personal to every one of them.
Skills are shared and learned and applied.
The Temple of Temple of Transition is the product of this commitment, effort and soul.
It would not be happening without our crew.
We love them.

If you want to join us in Reno, there is plenty to do and we will welcome you to join us.
Playa Crews are already oversubscribed but please bring skills, enthusiasm, food and/or PBR to Hobson Square located at 900 East Fourth Street, Reno, Nevada 89512.
Ask for Niki (beware the Ozzy) or Kiwi (slightly less scary New Zealander) who will keep you busy.
How much more fun can you have this summer!!?

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[b]Written by Temple of Transition Reno Build Crew Members Answering the Question:

What Does The Temple Mean to You?[/b]

Temple—a dwelling place of God.

Throughout history, we have seen and experienced man’s representation of the places where the most holy and divine connection to the greatest source of peace and grace exist.

It is a place where love meets compasssion and we surrender to the reverence of the highest and greatest good.

This divine yet humble place is and can be within our hearts where we face realization, transcend beyond and awaken to a newness of being.

Some how, some way, all of us need to spend some time in Temple, the place where God dwells, touching the tender vulnerable areas that need caressing with unconditional love.

Inside, we are all One—we all have a heart that wants to feel and be felt.

As we work tirelessly to build this Temple to be a place where God would like to be, I challenge all of you to do the real work of building your own inner living body to be a place where the Divine Spirit of Creation would like to exist. How much more could we be a legacy of Love than TO BE A TEMPLE? A trusted safe container where all can come and be loved. A Place where God dwells.
Chris Hallvik

The Temple of Transition feels to me like that humble change of the soul a person feels when they integrate new ideas into their view of the world.

Temples can be as castles in the sky come down to earth. Fortresses of ideas people hold onto tightly with clenched fists blooming into beautifully open buildings. Where people who once wore their eyes closed can blink and discover the great diversity and spectacular richness of culture and beauty in the world. A concept descending out of the higher consciousness into the physical world to become a piece of art.
Jason Alan Davis

A Temple is a facilitator, a space either physical (like a grove of trees or an ornate cathedral) or conceptual (like that beautiful zone of mutual understanding that people can share) that allows focus and clarity. This may be applied to worship, meditation, contemplation, introspection, appreciation or spiritual release. The wonderful reverence that can be experienced within a Temple comes not from the Temple but from the soul of the being within it. That being will feel compelled to express his or her reverence in sweet and subtle ways, like removing shoes or bowing before the entrance or leaving an offering. One whose heart is closed to such reverence will not be moved by the majesty or sincerity of a Temple, but will pass through as empty as he or she arrived. Perhaps, however, the magic of a Temple will stir a deep and dormant seed that might one day blossom into an awareness of spirit that can fill, and therefore define, a Temple. Give thanks.
Tracy Moore

The Temple is everything and nothing. The Temple is fortitude and solitude. I am proud to part of a collective and such a great group of people. Anonymous

The Temple is a place of peace, of turmoil, of sadness, of joy… It stirs all emotions for me, and ultimately it’s a place of release… to release to The Universe all the things that block the flow of life in us. Where we can set ourselves free and begin again, a place of beginnings and endings, of beauty and tragedy all at once. It’s amazing!

Once built, it vibrates on the playa. When you walk up to it, you can feel every thing that went onto it and that people have thought of it. I am honored to be a part of building the Temple.
Kim Yardsdale

I know that to volunteer to help build the 2011 Temple and see it being assembled on the playa will be a great experience, knowing that I helped create the impact.
Bob Herstine

The Temple means renewal.
Anonymous

There is one beloved Creator and many paths, and if you, I don’t care what church you belong to, you walk the talk, The Creator will bless you. Grandma Agnes Baker Pilgram

The Temple is a place to understand that I am just one small unit of a much greater whole all living the same experience. This year it’s also for my Uncle Mike.
Irish

The temple is a place of remembrance and celebration. It is the most peaceful place on earth.
Anonymous

Teamwork. Love. Compassion. Trust.
Tuesday

I’ve never really had a reason to go to the temple, never lost a close friend or family member until last fall. I was looking forward to visiting the Temple this year anyway but getting to see it being built in my backyard, from ground up will make this year’s trip to honor my friend especially special. Anonymous

This temple seems like home as well as a place to remember to ask for and give forgiveness.
Anonymous

Contemplate life, the universe to everything. This year, there will be tears of joy and sorrow, shouts of anger to all sorts of emotions flowing from dust-covered pores.
Anonymous

I have walked through the Temple each year feeling like a fraud. All my loved ones are alive and I am unable to pretend that I can relate to the heavy integrity of others. I know eventually I will be there at the Temple and that it is all waiting for me. I am willing to put it off for as long as possible.
Risky

In the last 20 years I’ve only cried twice: once when I didn’t get invited to my daughter’s wedding and the other at the Burning Man Temple. I know why I cried the first time. Have no idea why I cried at the Temple. It has an unexpected impact. Emotionally and physically.
Matt

I am not a believer but I attend church and support them because I see what this church does for the community. Last year was my first Temple burn and I cried. No deaths, no remorse, just the silence. I still get chills thinking about it. When I saw that it was going to be built in Reno, I said I have to be part of this. Just the idea that I am helping put together something that affects so many people is awesome.
Anonymous

To me the Temple means so many things. My first year was 2007 when I had my Mom’s memorial out there. I had such emotional time that since then every year has represented something different. Whether it’s a loss or a gain in life, the Temple has been a part of all of it and I am grateful for being a part of it all.
Joy

I have lost my mother and brother and have honored them at the Temples at Burning Man in years past. Each year I go since they have died, it’s a peaceful place. I also love the hard work and all the collective creativity that is put into the Temple. The teamwork will prevail out on the playa. It is like giving birth to a place (a baby) that then takes in our collective soul. Bliss

The Temple is a place where I can freely cry and cleanse my heart and soul. I have transformed my relationships there. I have honored the men in my heart there. I have mourned a sudden death with my friends and solidified my connection with my people there. I let go of pain and sorrow to welcome in forgiveness for myself and for others. Giving my time and talents to create this year’s Temple is a small price to pay for this most scared of places.
Smooches

Each year, for a decade I have entered a sacred space in the desert where I leave a totem to burn, to go up in smoke, to dissipate into the ether in hopes that it will disappear from my life and my world. I inscribe a single word, believing that if I destroy its image, I will destroy its existence – “FEAR.â€

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Temple of Transition is on Burn Cast TV! Yo!!

http://networkedblogs.com/jtHo7

In case you missed it, this video is a walk-around of the scale model of this year's Temple.

I hope you enjoy it!

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The Temple of Transition is honored to have Jason Alan Davis create many gargoyles. Pictures and the full story on our website: http://temple2011.org/fiery-gargoyles-t ... rotectors/

Created from saw dust and baking flour, it's the ultimate in recycling materials.

Thank you Jason!

[oneeyeddick]

I saw that stuff out back baking in the sun yesterday(almost ran over it).

It looked like really big oatmeal cookies!

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Wow! A month has flown by and so much has happened at the Temple build site. The yard is filling up nicely with stacks of panels waiting to be trucked to the playa. We hosted a HUGE Temple fundraiser party. Hammering, sawing, cutting, hanging, designing, pasting, shaping, bonding, smiling and laughing.

Speaking of laughing, we have a new video highlighting the Transportation Lead's idea to get all the panels out the playa. While his idea is funny, we think using semi-trucks would be a better idea. Can you help us?

There are even bacon maple frosted donuts.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/109 ... man-2011-0

Can you help us bring the Temple to you?

Much, much appreciated!
See you at Home!!!

P.S. Lots of fabulous photos, posts and heart-moving stories on our Temple website and Facebook page. Come visit us...

[Risky]

Wonderful video by local Reno-ite Liz Margerum -
http://www.rgj.com/videonetwork/1174768898001/Burning-to-build-Temple-of-Transition

[jkisha]

Nice.

RISKY! I'm sorry you didn't make it to the M&G. Was hoping to have a chance to say hello and thank and congratulate you for your work on the temple. BTW I met two of your fellow volunteers/friends at the Carson City Walmart while shopping for supplies. Wish i could remember their names. I asked them to say hello, but I'm sure they had more pressing issues to deal with getting the final touches completed on the Tenple. Maybe next year!

Wonderful video by local Reno-ite Liz Margerum -
http://www.rgj.com/videonetwork/1174768898001/Burning-to-build-Temple-of-Transition

[Snow]

oops Risky my dear wife, I just posted that in its own thread. Oh well its awesome!

[Risky]

jk - While size does matter, I am happier with the quality of experience of your smaller avatar.
I fully intended to get to the M&G; I had my bottles of belgium beer chillin, schwag, the SPSM stamp, and more,
and well, it just all fell to shit.
I have made it the last 2 years, and it sounded like it was going to be the best year yet.
I have enjoyed the pics I have seen!
I missed rootbeers at your camp, as well.

Snow! my next husband! The Trojan Horse was fantastic!
Congratulations on it's success. Camping outside of the Reno Ghetto this year, and with the Temple Crew at 915,
it was my nightly beacon home. I missed it very much after Thursday Night.

I really enjoyed all the burns this year, and thought the CORE burn really set the pace for the week, with four nights of burns.
One of my favorite memories this year (having nothing to do with the Temple),
was getting to go up on the 125' lift and getting a bird's eye view of the 22 CORE burns around the Man.

Thanks for appreciating the Temple.
We made a building - the Community made it a Temple.