She said I could do it.
I know she's right.
I just have to start.
Now . . . . forward march . . .
I been wondering today about the link between Zozobra and the Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada. Zozobra was created by Will Schuster, a Santa Fe artist, in the mid 1920s. Zozobra, a 30' tall paper & wood figure of a man, burns every September in Santa Fe at the start of Fiestas. Airplanes, fireworks and fire dancers swirl around him as he tries to escape the fire torches coming closer & closer. The fire dancers light him from the bottom and he slowly starts to burn. He begins to moan & groan and twist & turn to escape the flames. The fire dancers surround him and begin to dance more frantically as more and more flames shoot skyward. Legend has it that as he burns your troubles & worries are released for another year and you can enjoy Fiestas.
Sounds like someone who puts on large scale events (Burning Man?) had been to Fiestas in Santa Fe, doesn't it? They were just thinking on a much grander scale. Perhaps we have more troubles to release now than we did in Will Schuster's day?
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