welcome to Burn…

now , this feels strange…

why??

i just cannot tell you…for one thing i felt more than  a little bit of sentiment as i closed down “road trips” and our old blog platform…i mean, we all hung out there for almost two years and she served us well…we all made new friends , got a lot of work done and, well moving out of an old house and into a new one always leaves one with mixed feelings…

however, i feel we will easily continue our community  here…the most obvious thing  is that you will now have a real venue…a place to be published….and with many more watching than you may realize…it will take us some time before we will have a significant amount of content of yours up, but that really is just a matter of  YOU getting us material we request…

there is a new e-mail for you under “submissions”…this will be used primarily for you to submit for our ever changing “selected photographs”…..

instructions will come soonest for  how “work in progress” will be applied…basically, i will take on up to 5 photographers as a special mentored group….just as i have mentored online  with Patricia, Panos, and Rafal …..we will use PhotoShelter as a place to “hang” , edit your stories etc…

“photographic essays” will be the place for final finished stories, text, videos etc etc..this will be THE  place to aspire as well as will “selected photographs” which may change daily in the very near future…your .”photographic essays” will be on the “front page” for probably one week each and will always be easily accessible…these essays will also evolve….for example, “Sugar” could end up with a video component at some future point as could Patricia’s “Falling Into Place” and so on…

the nature of our forum has always been like a darkroom print in the developing tray…we have always watched the print develop so to speak…our new Burn will be no exception….

if you do not see your name on the “photographic essays” to come list, do not despair….i know there are several others coming…some are just more ready than others….you know who you are, so get your material together please!!!!

yup , Anton has his story up first….damn right…the boy deserves to be up first (please DO NOT MISS THE RED BUTTON right hand corner for full screen viewing and turn your speakers up)…for one thing, he and i have been working nonstop for days and days…..there is no time of day  or night when Anton has not been available for my questions and has not been willing to work and to tweak things out…plus, i  just love starting with “Sugar” …..Birgit is a light burning bright….inspiration for us all….

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concept and photograph by Patricia Lay-Dorsey








323 Responses to “welcome to Burn…”


  • A civilian-mass audience

    I am not a designator nor a terminator…:))

    I am not kidding I have a real time results from a gallup. They believe that you are something more than a philosopher…All the comments that I am receiving too are starting like this:

    David the great… How Great he is… He is the greatest…

    Your wishes are granted…!!!
    back to old you. If you change your mind just scratch your bald head I will hear you…#

    THE PHILOSOPHERS:

    PATRICIA LAY- DORSEY AS Arete of Cyrene
    KATIA ROBERTS AS Axiothea of Philius
    KATHLEEN FONSECA AS Sappho
    LAURA EL-TANTAWY AS Hypatia of Alexandria
    LISA LOGHEN AS Theano of Thurii
    JENNY LUNM WALKER AS Aristoclea
    KATHARINA AS Hipparchia the Cynic
    KERRY PAYNE AS Asclepigenia
    ERICA MACDONALD AS Sosipatra
    SOFIA QUINTAS AS Aedesia
    GINA MARTIN AS Themista of Labascus
    CATHY SCHOLL AS Nicarete of Megara
    CARRIE ROSEMAN AS Damo of Crotona
    GRACIE KIM AS Lastheneia of Mantinea
    LISA WILTSE AS Phintys
    ANDREY BARDOU AS Philaenis
    VALERY RIZZO AS Batis of Lampsacus
    MY GRACIE AS Leontion

    DAVID ALAN HARVEY AS PLATO
    MR.HARVEY’S MOTHER AS Socrates
    JAMES NACHTWEY AS Aristoteles
    ANTON AS Apollonius
    JOHN VINK AS Epicurus
    STEVE MC CURRY AS Democritus
    BRUCE GILDEN AS Chaerephon
    AKAKY AS Aristophanes
    BOB BLACK AS Homer
    PANOS SKOULIDAS AS Protagoras
    CHARLES PETERSON AS Antisthenes
    HAIK AS Herodotus
    RAFAL AS Xenophon
    ASHER AS Ashchylus
    PRESTON MERCHANT AS Sophocles
    TOM HYDE AS Euripides
    MARCIN AS Xenocrates
    JOE AS Parmenides
    CHRIS BICKFORD AS Phidias the painter
    MIKE HALMINSKI AS Aristippus
    LANCE ROSENFIELD AS Gorgias
    CHARLIE MAHONEY AS Themistocles
    PETE MAROVICH AS Heraclitus
    LASSAL AS Thales of Miletus
    HERVE AS Phaedo of Elis
    MIKE R AS Nicomachus the painter
    REIMAR OTT AS Aristoxenus
    YOUNG TOM AS Eubulides of Miletus
    JIM POWERS AS Pyrro of Ellis
    ROSS GORDON AS Theodorus the Atheist
    STUPID PHOTOGRAPHER AS Eurytus
    DAVID BOWEN AS Arcesilaus
    ERIC ESPINOSA AS Dionysius of Chalcedon
    JOHN CLADDY AS Asclepiades of Elis
    JONATHAN H AS Dicaearchus
    JONATHAN JK AS Pherecydes of Syros
    ANDREW SULLIVAN AS Heraclides the Ponticus
    SIDNEY ATKINS AS Athenaeus
    DAVID MCGOWAN AS Thucydide
    ROSS NOLLY AS Diodorus Cronus
    JAMES CHANCE AS Aeshines Socraticus
    MARTIN BRINK AS Hippias of Elis
    PAUL TREACY AS Ion of Chios
    MIKE BERUDE AS Euphraeus
    ZISKAR AS Theophrastus
    STELIOS AS Diogenes of Sinope
    BEN ROBERTS AS Zeno of Citium
    KIRIL SUROV AS Inopedes
    KYUNGHEE-LEE AS Posidonius of Apamea
    IAN AITKEN AS Prodicus oF Ceos
    ROBERT JOHNSON AS Melissus of Samos
    MICHAEL KIRTCHER AS Autolycus of Pitane
    JONI KARANKA AS Eudoxus of Cnidus
    GORDON LAFLEUR AS Phanias of Eresus
    AUGUST KRYKGER AS Anaxagoras
    CHRIS HINKLE AS Strato of lampsacus
    MEDFORD TAYLOR AS Cratylus
    MICHAEL C. BROWN AS Clinomachus
    ANTON KUSTERS AS Alcmaeon of Croton
    DAVID DUCHEMIN AS Philolaus
    MATT ROBINSON AS Demetrius of Amphipolis
    MARK TOMALTY AS Charmadas
    JEREMY WADE SHOCKLEY AS Clearchus of Soli
    MATT MCLNNIS AS Leucipus
    VICTOR COBO AS Nausiphanes
    CARY CONOVER AS Metrocles
    MUSTAFAH ABDULAZIZ AS Antipater of Cyrene
    AISLINN LEGGETT AS Crantor
    ANGELO GUARRACINO AS Timon of Phlius
    JAN SOCHOR AS Philiscus of Aegina
    JOHN LANGMORE AS Hegesias
    JASON HOUGE AS Alcidamas
    JASON HOBBS AS Philonides of Laodicea
    TIM RIPLEY AS Carneades
    KURT LENGFIELD AS Cercidas
    RAOUL TOUZON AS Bion of Borysthenes
    GIOVANNI COCCO AS Simmias of Thebes
    MIGUELO FERNANDES AS Hecataeus of Teos
    MICHAEL HASSOUN AS Menedemus
    BRUNO QUINQUET AS Aspasius
    STEFAN ROHNER AS Aenesidemus
    JUSTIN PARTYKA AS Hermippus of Smyrna
    WROBERTANGEL AS Philo of Larissa
    ANDREW WISE AS Acrion
    JAN SMITH AS Crates of Thebes
    BRIAN SHUMWAY AS Lycurgus of Athens
    JARED IORIO AS Timon of Philius
    ABELE GUARENGA AS Aristo of Ceos
    SUBDRAJIT BASUL AS Solon the Athenian
    SPACE COWBOY AS Helios

    Emerging Philosophers:

    EXTRAS

    DIMA BLACK AS Heniokhos (Charioteer of Delphi)
    FELIX ( the baby) AS
    BRIGIT (SUGAR) AS
    THE DARK KIDS AS the Eumenides

    P.S BURN magazine …too many greeks around…It’s getting TEDIOUS.
    LOVE U ALL
    YOUR CIVILIAN

    Don’t worry, it’s your Friday night. GET OUT OF HERE…We are already jealous…
    Cervezaaaaaaaaaaa FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • A civilian-mass audience

    by the way dearest Plato ,

    you are the winner !!!

    You just hit the 300 post .Shall we go back to times ??

    NO REPLY… BURN THE Spaniards tonight

  • A civilian-mass audience

    Kathie you are a mommy…OUAOU…lucky you!!!

    My Gracie , where are you??

    About the selected…
    Maybe she is a philosopher who had so much ouzo and she missed the toilet…
    It happens to me everyday…

    Oime. don’t we all wish to be in Spain right now…:(((((

  • civilian,
    i miss you too.
    can you have find homer and have him see my love poem above?

  • Civilian, Gracie

    *running*..waving hi, blowing kisses behind in the wind..

    kathie

  • Gracie:

    saw, swallowed, sheered, gallop’d beneath and click-clakety-clung to the lovely poem sent after wearied homer….no time to write, off to make some shit and prepare for a (fuck help us) photo party with some of Burn’s quiet members…

    so, instead, sending u music…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64QMKEbJQg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8&feature=related

    running
    bb(homer)

  • Gracie:

    saw, swallowed, sheered, gallop’d beneath and click-clakety-clung to the lovely poem sent after wearied homer….no time to write, off to make some shit and prepare for a (fuck help us) photo party with some of Burn’s quiet members…

    so, instead, sending u music…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N64QMKEbJQg

    running
    bb(homer)

  • gracie:

    PART II…

    what i often feel now, here….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8&feature=related

    have edit to do and something to write fro PLATO…and the rest of the greeks and non-greeks to read/see next week…

    running
    bb(homer)

  • kathie,
    you blowing kisses on my behind? should be other way no?
    hmmm… what you sayin goes for great still on toilet…
    wind is beautiful over there yeah? but dont laugh too much…
    gotta watch them bugs n where they go.
    missd u2.

  • Civilian…

    returned for a brief stop, to give u some Hope music from Russia, by way of Australia-Berlin ;)))

    http://vodpod.com/watch/1458922-nick-cave-15ft-of-pure-white-snow

    running
    bb(homer)

  • shhhh…
    BaBy homer…
    bUrn is banned at work… i am totally addicted…
    cant turn up the music… will have to check while night duty…
    problem is i am the boss…

    miss kathie,
    i tried to find me bubblegum within that wrapper you left me
    stuck to the holes in the walls of times and timing…
    had to bring it back here to welcome…
    air’s much cooler here underneath that burn-ing fire up top…
    with BaBy B singsonging my songs
    with civilian n me drinking ROOTBEER!! YAMAS!!!

  • A civilian-mass audience

    F&*%$k BB (Homer)

    You smell vodka mixed with Horchata. Are you singing ? :
    PARTY , it’s my party and I loved it…:))
    It’s my party…

    I guess only TOM .Y and PANOS know the secret code : mythos beer:))))

    Kathie blows kisses,
    my Gracie looks for her fishnets
    davidb we miss you too..
    Gracie it’s you party, and we love it…

    Addicted??? WE breath BURN … we eat BURN… we dream Burn
    I am out of time…
    ALL BURN PHILOSOPHERS, BURN CIVILIANS, BURN CITIZENS of the word…
    We’re gonna party like it’s our birthday. Birthday for BURN…??
    No more ouzo…I got to go…

  • Mythos + Greece + Sun + Mezes = ?????

  • Bob, i’m a bit worried about this post:

    what i often feel now, here….

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEukS2YN9B8&feature=related

    Does this mean you feel like jumping off a building or attracting a suitor by pretending to?

    Mate is there anything that will prevent you from feeling either feeling?

  • Hi B-b-b-b-b-bob-B-b-b-b-lack!

    Civilian…horchata with vodka, eh? Down here they make horchata, sell it at the market in old wooden bins, next to the turmeric powder..i love drinking it fast before it has time to settle its heaviness in the bottom of the glass.

    Gracie..don’t look for gum, look for a coded message honey-chile.

    Gracie and Civilian..i love the sound of your words. Like tinkly music that seriously heals what seriously ails me. i can’t explain it..no meanings, just sounds, absolute internet night song..like crickets and frogs and birds that feed by moonlight..i don’t need to understand their meaning either, i am just happy that the night air is made sweeter, thicker somehow by their voices.

    To all three poets Bob, Gracie and Civilian..you grace the pages of Burn magazine with your charm and subtle song.

    your friend
    kathleen

  • Although predominantly prepared with rice, horchata was originally made with melon seeds.

  • dear kat-aclysmic,

    you should add jan to your poetic list and extract me… i am but a melon seed.
    numerous in the whole picture but kat-astrophic if you accidentally snort me… hah

    civilian,

    not a total misquote:
    I sing song — and feed on crickets and frogs and birds in the moonlight
    jumping on a building, attracting suitor, feeling either feeling
    with horchata or vodka
    YAMAS!!

  • A civilian-mass audience

    Your 15ft of pure snow whites..thank u Bobby (Check the new selected photo)
    Gracie …”you GRACE the pages of Burn magazine with your charm and subtle song”. Thank you
    Kathie …you must be on something…”don’t look for gum…honey-chilie???”. Thank you
    Jan… you are a wikii:)) Thank you
    Young Tom, your wish is granted …too . Thank you

    Bobby …JOE is right… what’s up mate??The links, the music… You can talk to us… It’s a small circle after all..:))))

    PLATO is going back home .It’s a sad , sad day for Europe that’s why …
    “Lights out in Greece on March 28 Earth Hour”

    VIVA EARTH , LOVE YOU ALL, GOOD ENERGY AGAIN ,LET IT FLOW, LET IT BLOW…

    I am running today,
    really running
    wish me luck
    FORMULA ONE…mates

  • A civilian-mass audience

    VIVA HERVE!!!

    UNION SQUARE Saks Fifth Avenue
    384 Post Street
    San Francisco
    Am I right???

    I missed my Red Devil Lounge,Amber,Hush Hush…
    Good job for a boy from the kibbutz!!!!

  • A civilian-mass audience

    LIGHTS OUT !!!

    ACROPOLIS NO LIGHTS. Can someone find my ouzo….??????????????????????????

  • ok, Civilian…

    so, like if anyone would know i’m not a literalist it has mustn be u, yes…so, ok, lets slip new music, instead….nothin’butthemusicaswindtonguestickinginsidethelingeringlimbsofofthealloftheuintheme…

    music….what elsecanamanwithwordsarmedwithcanlunghungerfor….

    music, not the vid (though they’re pretty funny2)..

    it’s all i’ve ever had…

  • A civilian-mass audience

    BOBBY black…

    “nstead….nothin’butthemusicaswindtonguestickinginsidethelingeringlimbsofofthealloftheuintheme…
    music….what elsecanamanwithwordsarmedwithcanlunghungerfor….”

    Thank you!!!
    My Gracie, Kathie, Jim,Haik,PD…aiaiaiiii where are you ???

    I am almost out of time therefore you better tell to all that we might have a chance to go back …
    back to TIMES AND TIMING… I haven’t received any confirmation yet from the big bosses…

    Do. As. Harvey left Europe and he is traveling towards you …
    GOOD ENERGY EVERYONE
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iv_E-Fn9E

    My liver is killing me I better take it easy with my ouzo…

  • A civilian-mass audience

    KATHLEEN FONSECA

    for all my friends…
    Tom Petty and the heartbreakers – I wont back down

    DON’T BE AFRAID of the civilians AND YES eventually I will fade out … so no more moderations will be needed

    I love the good energy that everyone brings to BURN:)))))))))))))))
    KAT you know where is the key ( under the third pot in my garden…No kidding…
    Where did you learn to write like that…? Blow kisses to your babies…!!
    Love you…whatever that means…

    And for all my FRIENDS … He is My dreanm BOY…

    The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 08 Bob Dylan’s Dream
    for you USKOPAN…

    BE HAPPY< KEEP shooting ( …not dyslexic civilians)
    LOVE U ALL

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