Synchronicity Zine #f

created at the SfachroniciTeePeeBurning Man 2015

O Got Lost Press 2015

synchronic i ty (noun)- a meaningfuf coincidence, of ten of aDSVchic nature.

The story of SynchroniciTeepee: Over the cour:se of f ive year:s at theBurning Man fesLival T had heard so many magical sror ies ofsyncnronic iEies happening on the playa, I becarne cur ious !o hearmore and flnd oul if these events actually do happen more often inBlack Rock CiLy, or l f people are just Inore open and Euned in lo themthere, or wha! exact ly was gojng on.

s^ hrr i l 'a -eenoo. . "" t lc ^rr far n l : ' / : where mosL ofthe art is focated. Inside was a desk with a typewri ter and paperAh.] fhA d] ]A<t j6h. | |WhAt iq. .^. . " - - : - : ! . ' . l

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. -^ tLasl . t 'o "-re-china .-^ -d t lp fha tFFnae. There wasalso a couch and comfy pi l lows so people could hang out and interact.

T had sweet encounrers wi th people in the teepee throughout LhefesLjval , and so many expressed their appreciat ion for the space, I! . iatched as nore and more writ ing was colnpleted and hung up. By thetime we packed up the teepee on Sunday norning the walls were coveredwith wr i t j -ng! Over 200 people ei ther to ld stor ies or else wrote

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make a z ine, and Ehis one seened to wr i te i tsel f ) I A few Ehemes seernevident throughout the work and I have attempted to create asenrblance of or:der.

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naking me real i ze Synchronic i leepeesometimes ca] led 1l SerendipiTeepee !

construct the leepee and afsoa cool name after al f ! We also

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I have : t renchcoat l r i th 11,00 lEDsfar away. ThatSE not why I m. idc i t

on i t that makes mc vis ib le f ronbut i t works to meet peopfe.

l th i le- I was h,alk ing o. the decp pr-aye, a group of 60 pcople canetoward me hunning.. ,at f i rst i t was a 1i t t1e scary. TLen- they envolopedme and gave ne a 6o-person hug.. . i t was the nost inazing mornlnt I t ra ieexper i .nced here in 6 burns. . .Thank you Rurning Man for remindir_g mewhat is i inportant every t ime I cone her:e. . .not technofogy, not dJvicesnot even art . . .people, and how ny art and other people 'a ai t conncctpeople toge ther.

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sott lewhi leL\ra' er

to dr ink and did i rot haewalking out to the ! t r ,abladder caielback thlngie s.

. Last y. . r r ' . rn th is d{y l . , ,as br indinn n. , , f ove outto thc trash fence for i,rhat iras supposed [o -i:e i s-Jrpr:- e

proposa-I , but f rv rs pret ty sure s l tc w r j on to ne beiraasewe hdd been playing the 'I21 co,' lro C guessjng game on thewa;' up. :ach perr:on pi-cks a r ndon worai and says it at thc sametame, and 'h.n the.y do this tgain l r i th a r , /ord that t l re prevloust ivo worals m. ikc then think ol unt i l t l iey converge .One tj ime we startcd i lnd f thought of the !.rord ,,dianond,, ::ndirnmediateiy real ized that f corr ldn; t say i t , so I c iosea rnorne,'dord. iJ"v f iancee t:o be thhn sll{d the lord ,,diaEond,,

f re r i r red three things:I ) l lhe rusi l inow that I am goang !o proDose2) rre *shoufdr h; ve won i.he :,.-aneon th{') f irstwot:.d!t ) I couldn' t tet L her any of th isOn 'redie6daj/ I proiosed :trrd it became clear. th.tt she had noidea that I wes gojng to ask. The diamond" worcl choice wasJust sync hronic i ty,

She said ycs,

we , , . . bs t i l t de--pind dre wir . renarkdlr ,V

he urou d _love a bcer "raght, stopp.d a. j r h i l . ejug of b-^er . i . tdressp.laya providcs . . .

Pleyi i r Lh. . : idr-r l .th i rsty. h. ju. t , -ot

1Si,w a | r i t of noopao . ick i t uD and i tr. o .a../ that Cr,e h'a-

of- th,- r l igh t

dono sirying how

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t r i ] led. the

I wore nt 'underrvear in th is teepee and ta.k.d to a rardoe guy inthe tent ahoutho." j i probably shouldnt wei : t r my underre;r I . . w1thlrhe logo so pronoun.ed. ' ,urns out his playa name is, ,gary un derpants, ,

The inc.edible th ing about now i6 that i t keeps happenan8

rGary Underpants,'

f -Laya sk-t rh ing outan ho ur ago i lvas s i t j t i . g on : ,he o ,en

an idea i haC f i . f . :n a. i p iece when i : tot ic l ]d

Dan K1o!

tnrs tepee. i , tatne in i rLn/ : took . in afrcohol_induced naF, then not icedlrhe the e of s-^- , ndipi ty, sni led, . , in d went to the 1, . xr .11:1, nsta l lat io4,alu: : l - f , sLrok-^_wtth the ar- t is t about his pie.e : ind wnar ne woutdqo neat .y.ar. l t turns . ,ut h is ptanned p"; j ; . ; i ; ; next year wouidincor. .or i : te a m(?ch nlsrn v--rJ s i . r j . lar to th r i which T hld just sketcher lout on bhe , , laya a shcrt I r ine ear l ier , f sno,red ni I ihe s(etch andhe agree.l that we shouid work togrrlher ;, ia'-i l ' . , i our inai,ri<1u,rt ar.tpreces could sh:rre our co I faboral iv. l .y Or;" iS;" . , J i i oeverope.t i :necna_l- ]su, (a lbei t for v.ry dj- f ferent iu. .os, ,s/) . i ] .eturnea to th is l le i reero sha.e th is short stor. , . of s^, ndipi ty

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ai l ovcr a11 kinds of energr:es g.n ' : i . , dfs i rnt and overbear ingrnd just i ik-- l - i i^ J/ot1 g. t to choose v/hat you let in. ,

irhrt wil l the iusj-c of t.our l l i-fe be?

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I ih j t Lhc playa dre:r :ed as;r dog. . f i l rh in -r nute: o l l r ' l f jke, i

:a i over a squeek l , . - ' o ' -v b ke, i t was ,rmi.- ing. oh i loy ah boy ohboy

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w the Nher night whenOn rhe saaeen was

just l - .een descnibing,

odorf the desert hobbi- t

I was hanging oui in my camp, very hung|y, one nidht and said tomy canpmates that what sour:ded sjo good r igh, now ias a gr j . j . led cheesesandwich with tonato.Thlrty -. iecond.s l-ater, a neighbo! showed up at canp holding a trayof food. "Would you l ike a-gr i t led cfreesi s inawi ih w11rh tomato?,,

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As l iv i -ng th ings, we are programe. lto eat, shi i , :uck, and die.

tbe fac! , te canbe c.eat ive andlnvent ive,

is Lt-u lyi6 t ru ly a gi f t .

t t r is p lace i i la cr , -at ion f rom beingst i . . l t can put al i h j .ngs aside EtnC focus

o| i pe:rce,enteat j . in:rr_.nt , lov_o,d re.rs, andingenui j ry .what an anazing gi f t i

wh :- t . , rou l .d h, fpen i f t l re whole - ace of hun.rns cor l !d do the sane.

,e1.1 i t t .u ly is a rni l lacle to be al iveno matter who Jrcu a: 'e, i rhere you hai l f rom, how you leel abc+- th is, about you,about me. the s imir le, undei t iable factrenains that YOU ARE AIIVE AND IoU ARE

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i f you a:e read ng t) is, sLo . bre t l .e,s ' r i le. re leat.

we . la. . r neve! meet, but i . love you to themother moon and back. you are neverwithout l ove,

I le. l lo you

LI^ ink wir ' .v . r : . ighl b:ainthat. : af f for tod 3y

you are strong

, ou ar ' , conf iCent

i lcve yo,;

{91. ' y l 11 get better1r wr lL passyou a|e atrd wi l . l be I ovedhotq! on to t i f , :

. l ive in the.resent

j , i f e is ; ' ,h:r t yolr 1 l i lke of i t . J lway: has beer, af r . t ,^ wi t 1 be,

l , l i rht yorrr" l i fe on f i r -e ' .nd f ind soneo.e . iho f r n I y, iu l f tA mes.

, was looking_ for a playt uddy buL to no avai l . Lhenr sropeo looking ard he ralk-d in lo my Lent for . :ome:nntra lea, whatever re h-.ck that is.good reminder to stop looking for t reasrrre and thcmagic of thh playa del iver i t in t re form oiserendipl ty and syncronic i ty.

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I goi on ton ota c.rbe andln- oh gish-- Howanaz ng 3,T;ffi:ii$".;iEspeninir.inthetop andventred

i was having a pret t ,y bad t jne one.di .y on rhe playa, t .ee l ing depresse4?'3,*8"?i{i,.J ;;"u:::S";i:s-i19y:,i tfi.-;p;;"pi;;;';sjr, or .ryttrirg. ruf -i;,;;;r';lii3; #i],:fitli";i3l:; "l:l"l'"A minute later I was walki*:li.:;i:ji;j""i"i"in!,i'f; l"?"liF"fli,!iii&u"3.?3{ N:? ;:'ff"ni"jn"'i*:;16t,m"*",1:.;;i!:x:i'sli;ih*i;.li'*i.it"iilii::ff .i{e have !"emained fr iends and keep in touch to t i is day.

Last year, I net the love of my l r fe on the playa. l^ le spent al l ! , reektogether. . . our last n ight at Center canp sleeping l rnder a tabfe. WewroLA our s-orr o lh- "ndersrde of the r .b le and 1afr . This year,we returned to the Lotus Ternple and asked for my fortune. I askedabolr t the future of our reLat ionship. T received my proverb

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truLy learn any lessons. There was aLso a locat ion (center canpPlaza and 10:15) to f ind ny t rue fortune, I l rent and coufdnrt f indi t , I instead wafked into Center carnp at 10:15. Looked under atabLe. AJ1d found our wr i t ing f rom the year befor:e. I added to ourstory and smifed, ny future perfectLy c lear.

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Muft ipLe t imes t t l th one happening just 10 rnins 19: before arr lv lng

n.aa. ' o f r iend movecl f rom SF to PortLand' t r ' ie did not have a chance

to-ruy qooany" to f inaf ize that chapter ' He made pLans to jo in ny

.u*p iot a hippy hour on Wed' br ' l t the hlgh " ' t lnds

thlrar ' ted that

t""" io" . f a i i -not know his camp' J l ls t nor i ' when leaving the

l .*pi . , t heard a man sobbing' I t l tas Ron' cur led up. ln a bal l ' As

fr" iooi"a up, we connected. He needed that monent ' - that hug' that

connect ion. . . at that t ime. T did too' So grateru-L'

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the entry f j nep. r : t nJ carbehind us !

lh is ye r i r jw: .s one of rJr

happereC to Look ou. theboss, S houseratcs.

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arothcr notc a l r . rd/ th, !J ' . v. i . i er i ! r "Gr;ndrr" . w11.n I war done,

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r: i l i ; ' ; ; : l "a 'r ' i i i " r . ' i ' " in gi" ' i "" suppo't th ' t sh. ' derpe' t" ti lecds.

but i love Jou .ny way,r/oure doing it rong

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first burn. . . idon,t kno. , /hat i ,m le:1in8, l ike my typin8' ever:ything

is b l ured,l^u5c r . ^ , , iar c^ 'nF^ f ,^m lh^ , i t l rF^rc cv rv l .h ins s i l ,s t in Lhe

honors lh- hour, hono's Lhe feel ings, hono- s Lhe playa.

burn . rs f , rstgo ni th i t .

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l io make thel i t t 1-a shl t .

l i i , t le th innwe aren' is

go away. j ustavinE! babies h ere.

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of our loss! ! ! !

as I leave the prcsence ofonly rfter having becncorlmcsurate to ,.he d--bth

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conmented that she was i iL ip ino just l ike-^/-^^. . - : - -' ' ' ' - 6 o 1 ' w^-16' kn^v el 'h

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af ter chst t ing xe fo,rnd she l ives i r ne, / york,a.d i l ive in cal l for 3. bu' r , rh?a she glew up

in th,- lh l I she l ived in oeblr . i ient ionedr las only in the : 'h i L once, an., ; i wenl to

Cebri l : . v is i t my auni who was , te.r4irea af id nunat sacred heart . sh-- SaiC she also . ,er- l t :herel

i sald i \ . /as naneC aftea herran, i her nane vrasBisten rosa. j .o. she gasped and iookeC ne r ight intoeyes an- l recognized anal a lmost sta. ted cry ing.

she went on 1ro say thal l s ister aosar io hiasher ldr 'or i te teachec, her m^nlo- ' and !Jq^ oe-sonwho tnade her \, , /ho she was toda:/. . .

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do you want to know my favor i te th ing about th is year at burning man?That I feLt so much more comfortabfe speaking with you aboutimportant th lngs.

I bel ieve that we are synchronized already? but we rareLy payattent ion to oursefves. I 'n gLad we are l is tentng here and now'

?his i r j n;r ) rd ye ^. : t ' l re . r iyr , rnd wl t t l . a l r t , r i l t . ! b,- .n. . .I lost . ] l 4 tLr .s on my crrom ny tr ip h.re, but st i l l rhow m.. le i , t .Now I an cov.r .C in Cu:: t , rnd conpletely hlppy!

f ts good ' .o b-. hor. .

Love tr-- is pfa ce surpr i se' i that these old

f lngers intul t how trne lypew' i ter works ar]d f ind the coorect posi t ion'

nost of the t lme

Bee n looking for you al ' l th is is a perfect p lace to neet ny new partner

Love You I

i^nf t , !h i9^hgx a top a t ,a-1ock. lat iorm ats u set . , rhut fun worr ld atY " " * l is s lo| in Lr i .ec-ae? i ho.- , / i t f aL r) ' f i i fh i

thd{. ' r iusee hia: gain. heres ior ing the playa Iods are taking .eiuests . )

',rar.nth is biltfron the heat of consur!)Dlt onyour rr | i tocl , n r ja used to be Lh; i r o l rn Cel lstheJ have given you this warrnlh as a pc; ; ; ; ;qLssarpojnt , therq at vo,rr own pel i lyou woouldn' t want to dissappoint them. ,oufd vou?they have sacr i f i^ed so n,uch- o" yo, io 'u" -" ; ; "" . - ; ; , ,lnd y: , g, .p . iusl lvasr ing thaL gi i f i ryrn; i ; -b; ; ; -you snoutd give up and beeco'ra a doc or oi lawyer oran accountant, or , barr ing that, na, , - ry onealso.yo(r shouLd caI l l your niCoclordrr ia ever-y oncea wn-Lre tJ.aJ mlss you and warL to kn ow wha.-as going on in your Li fe. yol . l never cal lfor shame , for shame

In the b eginning, wer€ not so prepos sessed,. in the beginning, fcoulonrt help nysel f .As t jme went on, so did . re.But there was nothing to be don e.I

hELpthere is not nuch ti[E

there is_p l entJ,- of t ime

there is nr_.thing wrong with me there is nothing wrong witlr youGod

sojdgodsodgodsoggqg.qd g ̂ ggqg,lgsodogogododsodnope openope ope ope OpElropij NOpENOrEnope notrmoplove is a l ie i love you

1 rois6 u is smel li don t nlnd the sun sone tines

cal eal lcal l cal l your nother

al l of the senses are touchTou ch ne.

Tou ch neI aro touch ed

I an touch

himy ralre is daddy,

i net a g if l named tyga ;:nd r.re both vere tag A(ut,rs to bufning mEnrre r0et 6t srn. ise an.1 hr ing out ; r l l . ]ay, we slept in the al iennedi tat ior , ar t th ing in t re dee. .1qya, i t was an a -aaing expeienaei h:- .vent .een her .gain.

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,e al l t fucked out for Eugene and Melamicts t {edding 3t ' the Treed

after the c. , .e. . ony Lve were fragging bi(rycl i5ts i ro elp wi-h

the champagne and weddang cake' i gave tuie saeet lady sotn e '

of the kentucky butl 'er cake an'l she a::keC why we chose the

9p(.r .1 for the weddj ng ' the Treed is a 'enor la l for her f iancee

i t turns oxl t i th ink ,e r /orr ld h ve l iked ihe Ted of the Treed'

but are glad to lav- ' l ro 'Jght s^ne - love to the s.pol ' r - - - - . rnorr l

;::t; ';"";"t;u ttt "'-. ' '-"' i 'nd ror once the Br:it or plqva iinalrv

lef t rny eyes alone for a minute' wt jL l miss Tcd'

the noon rose sLowlY over the dustas the cvening sank into darkness.,we . rhare ol olrr se Lvesas " , /e search for curselves.

hor izon igni tes ' r i th co lors tan ^x: . .n iv. a l l - re . l .ading . \per ience.

tenloi arY, ./ '-o t Permanenl:r bt ip n our 0pt"- fBc- ives

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h j - there, me ne^i l rher.nlce teepee. cool t yperr . i ter . wash il : l y i lh rords. what are.you good h, i th? nel? yes. im goodirnd a suplose i r ike to LiStenn. im ar quiet otsef .ver :ype.sing. im shy, dance. i ju. t d id ior an hour. but r r ]hnmmm.couro s]ng . :omet l ing in f innish. you probably worr ldnt know

meOns. unless you Speak f innish i guess.

pfata synchronic i ty. ch, at t ing here. now.

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he l,1o worldhel lo wor ldhe1]o wor ldhel1r wor ldhe llto worldbi-envenue la nondesalaam u alaikum duni-yahel l -o wor ldoIa i londu

hel lo. . . .hel Io ? '?

burr and be free

you give many green o pen fucks

bur ' raway,. jughlos, burn awaybal1s deep in the house

I i raC ai t i : :az i r j : ' jha ' : l , s a'.a. : nt l ' ,e1j si i .C,, or-t i t . -, i . f c- . l :anE j n6. ;o €loddamn goodi jvrry l rne I at . ,nexrcan fooC I t - . . i .d to gei a"r1ish wi th t l t , r redsi i { rce On i l . Recause o. f langua.a bar l j_6rs Nslral ! . . r , : } .e s: , r -vc-nevel ' kr , .w ar; i -1. . ras 1 ras l_oor{ 'ng for . Tt rever. haC ihe r iEhNflavu i ?"q:" i . 'Le p; ." , , """ on ihe nenu r ,ever exact l "v nat6heAine act a l . ' : rsh, so r hat , rasnl i , c h help, i f l ,er or-d. . : . in$ ever: , ) :t r rn i , - - - iEno|e i , l :at , t t . ,e!{r j tea er: t :oa l rou kno,, . r } t r r . . r . .s., \ r ]yr t . . - ' i1f l ,arrn* . .v.r , . , . d ish, co! .bo of d is les,e.rer" .y, of i nenu mexicanfoo. I co, , r , l i r rk of , , ta. , .€ , r . an{ i acct , f l ,ed t r . ia T wor i ld neve-rasfe t r rs 's-acj l l 1as: I 'eranber-ed so f i ,d l j r . " ,asi j week, I walkedto a : rexi{an iood restarrrant,r i th my ] ' ion. S\e orCered a h!-r i to.

Tt had the aause on i t . Oh ny god al l th ldt lme i t ,had baen, id ing on top of a br j r r i t . ) . I ju-s l -never suspecteda bLrrr1tn i /ouLd i ,av. sauce on l t , I had had so nany that cone l . / i thoutsauce.

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in other nevrs yor l cannot dr ink al l ' 'ay 'unless y u s(artL in 'h. to ning,

playing cerries rix rnd ran into herrhlre dt ] ;he scrcndipi t l /ccpee. thank you!o ruch for.his a .at g i f t .

THANK YUO!] I . . . I MEAN YOU! ! ! !

Hi Thrre

Tr: :_t :^r{- :g"onCtime in p,13y.. T f inat lJ can - ,pp: .eci . r ,e i t now.r met so nany chinese sDeakers y.sterday. , f ; r t ' != ' t l : -o. t t I An notonger fce r i rg 1. ,nely.U1^91:: , : r jo. . ,ed Bi ,dcl isrr ceremony tast - , i - t [ : . I t . , , , . r js hs-] d by a!-ea lr .p in.6 'e monk . f o noon, t . , :^" : , . is jn r i .e. 'n ' . j . ;

n ' i meor!ate. lvynoLewas Lrned in hi . ry.ng rrre.

:# ' lg.* ] seei . r raz. f ro a tot d,ropie bur i t € t ie no:r t n:r t . rc pl .ace thiLt

Enjoy yoursel f and 1et i t go.

he 1o sandd'v i .n-

- - , ,types of j rk and sl teI Is

conlr ived ' , r i i l t habi tatsmug consclence and v ast scbisminl inate rer, f , - , : int monetar:y ' l in i tslevel of ef fe r te xpec tat ionspercie 'ed e. f f or tare you frustaa ted ?two weeks of strugl fewhal, can yo r actual ly do?enJoy t f ie processsmefls Like saint woodbad or good energ y f l ies in the windyouthful l lness nai \ re

s hernann son

nJ b oyf r;cr,d a,',d : ' ./an t to make love

.Je , ,ant to rnake .Lovg bu I cannot here 'there ar 'a j so many ways l /ccould f ind

1,o nake lov.i

but r , ,a: I t what is lov- ' lJright nowis b e i n I h e r e

i an s.,:) in lov e

so lhe scren dipi t Y ie s inflnding a place wh'r re i can share

to love an d al l the t h lngs i t br ings,

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quartun m.rchanics states th t a part ic le do^s not t ru ly exlst unt i l weobserve i t .

in game dr.velopnent and sl :u lat ion we do not rendeJ' an object unfess i twi l l be seen bJ' ; , . p1ay,^r . th is is to ' save on cpu cycles.the que st ion :

are we just in a simulation thai j-s saving cPu cycles unti l h'e observewhat is going on around us?

+h6 ^fLor ^rrAci : i ^n

are we players or the th ing being studied?

hi 1an extrenlY

and don' t f or'8e t

happy io l lee You !

thet everY Person

please be informed LhaL Yor

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1as di lerentes e4ociones que e,per imenlanosa 1o la! .go r le un dia, una semana, un nes o un

a;o , son fas responsables de lo que seremos endiez a;os. , .en te@ria. . . peeero olvrdery.s la

teor:a. . .sonos 1o que sonos, to ddeidi ' ros seg,taas segundo, tenenos derecho i canbi r deSust os , preferenc i : is y tener niedo r .or no ;abe

io que vendra con eLfas. . .

so-os Unico. y he-mosOs en es6ncja y espir i tu

so-ros mas L/- - )a ler ia orq,r ica,seEtJim^s,

a-amos, lecjdi-os. , .d.c i l ,nos er la easi

mejor veas:on de noso.-ao. misnos, para no- ioLr

de adentro hacia afuera. . ,

exper imentos algo nuevo cada dia. , . .a i less. . .

j ;adore, . . Yessica, . . Bes'a Wishes

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fr ooa 5Liae

cracks o-f b lackmatched with crevaces ofny p 1i8ht

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-ar+oFin your che strest

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._ ' . h i s teepeelr lre second story inla. , , ' ref f what do you

i l l l .k .s ny fsvor ice rhing on rhewrr l Lng loday, f inst ona on a Lypervish, /?have fun out thel :e l l !

th i g taepee, is the best L\'! j-ng cn the t) i a.. ' .(, D n; in", / ! . r r_, , 'n1, . . , -a i lcnis here.thank you

Findlng this place dur j .ng a dust storn was awesome - th i ,nk youfor building my sanctu.ary I

I l r , i t i f loot ng for mine.. .

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