Name: >Knotch<

Age: 58

Where I Live: Elfrida, Arizona. Beautiful high desert just north of the border.

Been to Burning Man before? When?
Yes, 6 years
2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2014

Camped with? When?
Camp Incendiary Nation (CIN) 2008
PolyParadise 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2014

PolyParadise Favorite Moments? Early Arrival and staying over a couple days for MOOP patrol are year after year favorite moments. Helping out with the kitchen and trash is fun. I like the outer playa at night. A trip to the trash fence and the farthest point of the city in the deep playa is special. But then everything about our time on the playa is special.

Why Burning Man? Because after 6 burns, I think I like it :)

Burning History: Don Davis, an astro-artist, introduced me to BM over 16 years ago through his writings on the internet. I eagerly waited for his yearly accounts and dreamed about going but never knew for sure I’d get there. After moving to AZ in 2004, I learned of the BM regional, which at that time, was TOAST. We attended TOAST 2008 and could not stop ourselves from getting tickets and going to our first burn on the Playa that same year. I didn't missed a year since, until 2013 when I fell off a trailer, broke my leg and severely dislocated my knee only one week after returning from BM 2012. I healed enough to return to the playa in 2014 but spent most of my time in the camp. I'm still healing 2 and a half years later but this year I think I'm ready for a lot more playafunication.

Describe BM: I can’t describe Burning Man. Burning Man is too complex and too intrinsic. BM is things, thoughts, feelings, sites, sounds, smells, experiences, memories, and dreams. It is as impossible to describe as to believe your own experiences when you are there.

My Life: Before Burning Man responsibilities played hell with my inner child. From the first time on the playa, the little bastard wouldn't take no for an answer any longer. Little inner child found a playa to play in and that was that. Burning Man changed lifelong feelings and attitudes that had been etched in steel. Steel doesn't stand a chance with playa dust. The dusty winds blasted the old away and left a clean, shiny new surface. My inner child grabbed some finger paint, colored Sharpies and toy trucks. After writing on the wall for a while it headed out to play with toy trucks on roads built in the dust. Getting to know me is not easy but those that do say I'm a pretty nice guy. Did I mention I love Burning Man, all of it, and you too.