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Hi friends,
Writing to you from STEP SF today where we are hosting a sick closing party at the bank of Amador with Titanic’s End DJs.
Join us at Memory Leak tonight!!
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This Week's Journal
Somewhere Beyond Your Wildest Dreams
Somewhere beyond your wildest dreams,
there’s a playa waiting for you.
Dark skies. Neon lights.
Dust rising beneath your feet.
A city that shouldn’t exist,
built in the middle of nowhere.
Where strangers become friends.
Where sunrises become memories.
Where, for one week,
the impossible somehow feels possible.
Next week, I’m going back to Burning Man.
Every year, I’m reminded that sometimes we need to step outside the world we know to remember how much more there is to life.
More people to meet.
More places to discover.
More nights to dance until sunrise.
More versions of ourselves we haven’t met yet.
That’s what the playa is for me.
A reminder to stay curious.
To play.
To wander without knowing exactly where I’m going.
To say yes a little more.
And to remember that life can still surprise us.
And this year is extra special because I get to build the second largest art structure at Burning Man with Titanic’s End.
If you’re heading to the playa too, come find us for the Titanic’s End Burn on Friday.
Come dance with us.
Come get dusty with us.
Come watch the world disappear for a little while.
Because somewhere beyond your wildest dreams,
there might just be a playa waiting for you.
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