Tale of Synchronicity & Magic

16th August 2024 Written by Dvonne Loring

Story time

I’ve been dreaming to go to Burning Man for 15 years

I had the opportunity to go in 2013 but it wasn’t the right time

I tried to go for my 30th birthday but tickets were simply impossible to score

It’s been 5 years since my last active attempt to go

Time is passing by quicker than I’d like and as it does, I feel the chance of finding myself in the Nevada desert growing smaller

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The universe brought two pivotal women into my field this year

Both inspiring me to believe attending Burning Man was possible

Knowing that if I didn’t attend Burning Man once in my lifetime, I’d be filled with regret

A few months ago in May I spontaneously decided that this year was going to be  - the year -  

I’m generally a thoughtful and considered person; I’m not particularly impulsive as I like to feel into things, deeply, before acting 

So this was insane

A wild sequence of events soon followed

Synchronicities made themselves known to me that I pursued

One found me through my Instagram feed - a Burning Man post popped up informing me of a ticket aid program

After learning I would be eligible, I applied

Then a week later, another Burning Man ticket related post led me to some invaluable information

I discovered a direct line on how to go

This was information I had been searching for for over a decade

It was like Moses parted the seas - I learned how to get to and from the playa with a ticket

I felt the bigness of this discovery.  It overwhelmed me

“Fuck it’s real.  Can I do this?  This is huge.  Am I ready?”

I slowed the process down in the hopes these uncertainties would settle

Then I got sick with the winter nasties, more sick and even sicker again

Experiencing the fragility of my health, wanting to tend to that and being very well aware of the self holding Burning Man would require of me, I decided that I would do the pilgrimage to the playa, just not this year

I felt at peace

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The universe had different plans

Less than a week after deciding I was no longer going, I got notified that my ticket aid application was successful 

Meaning I had Burning Man ticket at a margin of the full price available to me

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They say what is meant for you won’t slip you by

They also say if you let something go and it comes back, it’s for you right?

That’s exactly what happened.  The magic of the universe spoke one last time and the decision was made

Burning Man wants me

Holy. Fuck.

So here I am

Answering the call

A virgin burner, going solo and flying in from Melbourne, Australia

I’m equally terrified and fucking exilerated that I’m actualising a dream of mine

I’m excited to offer myself - my marvelous mind, my heavenly heart and another set of hands to co-create this extraordinary experience

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To my dear friend Summer who inspires me with her way of living and relationship to spontaneity

And to my darling friend Jen whose shoes I’ll be walking in, following the footsteps I didn’t even know she’d paved for me 9 years ago at her first burn that she also did solo

To everyone who is loving me, encouraging me and sharing in the excitement with me

I am literally doing something I truly believed was impossible

And after life took a turn for the worst last year, which ever since I’ve been on a slow and committed journey of repairing the tear that created in the fabric of my life

I can't tell you the reprieve the combination of trust, faith and belief this has bestowed me with

They say "the playa provides"

And that, it does. This experience so far has already been so deeply kind and generous

I feel held by something far greater than me

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For those who are wading dark waters

For those who are yet to feel the hope return

For those who want to know this too shall pass

For those who need a sign to trust even though they can't yet feel it

May this story find you and offer you exactly that

Because it is certainly doing and has done the same for me

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Sending my love to wherever you are in your process right now darling

xx