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Just because I didn’t go to Black Rock City doesn’t mean I couldn’t Burning Man.

The Dust storm started on a cold December morning ❄️ when my mother @karensaidel lamented she was ready to donate her old wedding dress, sad that none of the girls in her family would ever get to appreciate it.

Her gay son had a better idea. He asked his friends @clancy03 @mmalz03 if it would be ok to wear to their upcoming wedding. They responded, asking if he wanted to be their flower girl.

This was getting serious!

@ohnanandrew reworked the dress (Michelle Piccone) into a stunning highwaisted pant suit (complete with matching basket), @pgkriss frosted the hair to match, and @mitchelhall provided the most impossibly perfect gift.

With jewelry from my own grandmother and the grandmother of the groom for extra sparkle.

To being a family, of blood & dust. by @dustypantz

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a month ago

Feeling a bit self absORBed… taken in The Pines In Fire Island by @dustypantz

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3 months ago

#burningman #dadjokes with #glamcocks fam, @dustypantz @glamcocks taken in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. México by @dustypantz

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6 months ago

#burningman #dadjokes with @dustypantz my @glamcocks fam #glamcocks taken in Mantamar Beach Club by @dustypantz

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8 months ago

The Dark Web

Thank you for making me look like a ⭐️

Makeup, hair, photos: @reganrabanal
Jacket: @jesusestrada
Garter: @badbui

Each year @cityofgodsfestival is raised from nothing. Thank you to the @glamcocks and beyond for coming together to rebuild this magical city. 10 DJs, 35 performers, 20+ artists and makers, 100 volunteers, 5 full time staff, 5 external vendors….and that’s just our room.

The Dark Web is not only a costume….plus song, decor scheme, with 3 iterations and full backstory. It was my reclaiming my own personal trauma, and moreover an allegory for the self doubt we all let consume us, that hold us back from living our dreams.

🕷️ Happy Halloween 👻

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When hope was gone,
the darkness spread.
There was but one,
to face the dread.

She connects all our hearts,
weaves together our hopes and dreams.
Stitching ends back to starts,
A pattern created within the seams.

She’s our dreamcatcher
All seeing watcher.
Binding body and spirit, she is Mother.
Protecting our souls, like no other.

Nightmares beware, you’re not welcome here.
Sunlight caught, shadows cast astray.
Troubles crumble, abandon fear.
We rejoice bask in the new day.

Every thread,
Expands the web,
A knit so fine,
Through it we shine.

She’s our dreamcatcher
All seeing watcher.
Binding body and spirit, she is Mother.
Protecting our souls, like no other. by @dustypantz

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a year ago

Celebrating our sixth year with City of Gods. #666 by @dustypantz

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a year ago

FIP Decompression - link in bio by @dustypantz

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a year ago

If a life mids in the forrest, but know one pays it attention, will it even have a crisis?

#midlifecrisis #thisis40

Thanks 📸 @reganrabanal by @dustypantz

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2 years ago

I rarely enter BRC with specific intentions, but let the playa reinforce the lesson I need most. Burning Man is full of contradictory mantras and principals (Radically Self Reliance / Communal Effort), the appearance of pure anarchy while taking extraordinary preparation and organization. With my uncanny ability to continually spiral up in my effort and sensation, this year what I took away was BALANCE.

I pushed myself physically, mentally, and spiritually to brink of my limits. A line so fine only the Mad Hatter himself could distinguish between madness and genius. I created order and efficiencies, making this our most sustainable burn yet. I sowed chaos and confusion. I challenged the reach of my own comfort zone to find if I even still had an edge anymore.

I let go of the angst & restlessness that caused my prior two burns to be fairly solitary, and allowed myself to have more shared experiences with my @glamcock family (thanks to my Sloth and Turtle spirits).

Once again I found Home, not as a location, but a feeling of belonging. One I strive to created in all of my spaces.

“A dream is not reality, but who’s to say which is which?” taken in Black Rock City by @dustypantz

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2 years ago

Thanks for the sugary adventure @glamcocks and all the artist, doers, and makers who create these spaces of sweet expression. by @dustypantz

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2 years ago

Ok, hair it is. I grew out my hair for fun, there was no specific plan or goal to further other myself or experience life as someone gender non-conforming. I thought all the greatest wizards have long hair, I might as well start transitioning now.

The power of hair is real. Gandalf, Jesus, Samsom. I gained, wisdom, I stored your secrets, and learned to live invisible to gays.

I faced micro-aggressions, dismissals, etc. And thus, I cropped my wig and “gay powers restored” doesn’t begin to describe who I am today having experienced that. I may look like one of you, but I will always be uniquely me.

We are all forged by that which we overcome. This post is dedicated to the Asian and POCs who can’t simply change that which they’re discriminated against (nor should they have to), the trans and non-binary who don’t feel welcomed by their own community.

Let’s all do better. Happy Pride Ya’ll
#pride #menwithlonghair
📷: @johnkalect by @dustypantz

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2 years ago

Thank you to all the amazing humans I connected with in what was my favorite burn yet! I didn’t take many pictures, so thank you everyone who shared these with me.

And now a thousand words on Animalia:

Adventuring out with @denton.nyc for his gig on @baaahsstation , with no known location we biked to deep playa with nothing but instinct and the glowing light of a norwhale horn to guide us. Later some camp mates (@kyle_littlejohn_ @yazzledazz )wanted to hop on, and the only way is to slide down Purl’s (the sheep’s name) anus. Once onboard, calamity ensues as it begins to depart and folks scramble off….but my mothering instinct kicked in as I realized without his bike Denton would become trapped DJing forever. After communicating his bike’s need to be loaded, I realize command of departure was now awaiting my signal. And thus for a night I become Mother of Purl.

Last making an appearance in 2019, I brought back the elusive playa sloth. (See highlight reel for my sloth story). As much fun as I had recreating this moment (which was created for the inaugural City of Gods), what made it especially joyful was sharing with others and how simply donning the arms enabled them to embrace the whimsey of slowness. Thanks @billievittcoltrane for my “most slowest” ribbon!

As many fled the muds of the Pottery Burn section, the makers and creators of the burn remained. Such an amazing burn night in this other universe within ours with @nikolaiziman and @goodoletusa.

Think my mom will take up my invitation to participate next year? taken in Burning Man by @dustypantz

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