Burning Basket In Homer

When we were in Homer we did two memorable things. The first was stay with a lovely family who took us into their home, made us feel super welcome and fed us king salmon and halibut for dinner – wow! The second was attend this Burning Basket – interactive, impermanent art experience.

INSPIRE – Basket of Remembrance & Unburdening
Here is a snapshot video:

I’ve been trying to sum up exactly what this was about, but have been getting stuck so I’ll just say it was art, it was community involvement, it was a hippie drum circle, it was kids playing, it was about remembering loved ones, about thinking about what’s important to you, and about thinking about what ‘inspires’ you.

I also like to think it was about making something, and then letting it go. Something to think about if you like to hoard stuff (yes, you people with lots of stuff), I know I have a little hoarder inside me…

I heard  a couple of cool quotes on the night:

“It’s not necessary to cling to the rocks which are falling with you”now I’m not entirely sure what context Mavis was talking about when she quoted this one, but I like to look at as encouraging you to simplify your life, or not to worry about stuff that doesn’t matter/stuff that will happen anyway…

And this basket is like your best friend, you can tell it your deepest, darkest secrets and it’s going to do what it has promised to do, it’s going to burn!” – this one is pretty self explanatory, idea was you could write down what ever you wanted on a piece of paper, and it would burn along with everyone elses. To ignite and inspire your ideas, or to burn away your anxieties and road blocks. Use the basket as you wish…

So, not Burning Man, but Burning Basket – and it was fun, although I do still feel the need to attend a Burning Man one day…

Burning Basket Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/BurningBasketProject

Creating artist, Mavis’ webpage – http://www.mavismullerart.com/