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Oh Social Media!

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Since getting a new iPad I have reactivated my accounts on Facebook, Instagram & YouTube. Also, I joined up with Reddit as I thought it would be useful. Pretty quickly I have discovered that, as an older person, I really don’t belong on social media.

The level of utter rubbish and unpleasantness is upsetting. One example was when my Facebook feed, that I would normally expect to contain just posts from friends and family, was full of videos from young Brazilians, of a mildly sexual and definitely provocative nature. I felt motivated enough to report one to FB – of a girl, although clothed, who was flaunting herself and appeared to me to be under age. FB rejected my complaint which didn’t violate their guidelines apparently. I just imagined if it were my granddaughter and how I would want someone to try and protect her. Also, how would this girl feel if she knew her video could be viewed across the world by an elderly woman who is an utter stranger to her.

One-staple Collage Sort of Day

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The sequence that led me to this moment:

I got fully back online, after 16 months hiatus with only public internet.

I bought a new iPad (again, a really long break when I was unable to make this kind of ‘in the moment’ post). I stopped posting completely. Now that I can, I think I will. At least it will prise me off my favourite game for a while. (The joys of retirement 😉.)

I started viewing Daisy Yellow Art’s Instagram posts again (https://www.instagram.com/gypsy999/) and resubscribed to her newsletter. She has been a great inspiration and motivation to my journaling for many years. More than any other artist who regularly posts online, her output and her encouraging words break down the barriers to creativity and give permission to create without self judgement. I remembered her ‘one staple collage’ technique and used it today to break through a creative block. Here is a link, with a beautiful collage she made this way: .https://daisyyellowart.com/vividlife/a-one-staple-collage-sort-of-day. Mine is very simple by comparison but it was an effective way for me to process two mindsets that were conflicting and causing me to almost stall.

Here I am then, posting a private moment with a public persona. I feel vulnerable and exposed but I also feel free and expressive.

Here is my page:

BOOM 2022 – innovative as ever

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Alchemy Circle 2018 – Photo by Niklas Johnsen
99 DAYS TO GO & WHAT TO KNOW
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”Leo Tolstoy

It’s true, it appears that Boom is actually happening in 2022! Patience is, indeed, a virtue. It is said that good things come to those who wait, but the truth is, great things come to those who work for it. And we have been working for it. With Boomers on our minds, daily.

We’ve been working hard to make Boom 2022 the sum of all of the festivals that we couldn’t celebrate over the past two years. Let’s say we’ve turned the world’s pandemic issue into a virtue. A virtue for our Boomland that, in a way, had the chance to get more nurtured and better prepared to receive you all.
Boomland, Winter 2022 – Photo by Filipe Patrocínio
Now that there are just 99 days left until the big day, the 25th anniversary of Boom, we’re delighted to share some exciting news with you. But also innovations and numbers which are the summation of what we have been doing over the last couple of years to make this The Edition.We all deserve that, right?
Scan the list below to learn about some of the improvements we’ve been doing to help you have a better Boom:

  • We’re expanding our offer of vegetarian and vegan food: 85% of all food choices will be plant-based; an improvement on Boom 2018, where 73% of all food options were vegetarian and/or vegan.
  • We’ve expanded the Being Fields: a new meditation area, the Samadhi. Swales and a natural amphitheatre have been created to give you more contemplation spaces and one-to-one therapy sessions within nature.
Therapies at Being Fields, 2018 – Photo by Amir Weiss
  • We’re expanding the many therapies available; check them out at Being Fields and the Sacred Fire.
  • We’ve upcycled the 2018 Chill Out Gardens music stage to make a beautiful bamboo pagoda that’s now the Welcome Area at the Being Fields.
  • We’ve built a brand new Alchemy Circle: a 37 x 63 metre semi-permanent wooden, biomimetic, human heart-shaped structure.
Dance Temple 2018 – Photo by Samantha Scholl
  • We’re continuing to innovate the art world: since 2002 Boom has curated a visionary art gallery with world-class artists and contributed to the promotion of this artform. In 2022 we’re exploring uncharted territories as our gallery goes into the realm of blockchain digital arts. Expect the usual live painting alongside VR, interactive zones, generative arts, augmented reality, proof of stake protocols, and much more. Check it out at the Alchemy Circle.
  • We’ve renamed the Chill Out Gardens to The Gardens to honour the area’s broader concept of the interaction between nature, performance and the arts.
  • There is a new spontaneous stage at The Gardens: the Avant-Gardens. Expect more live performances and a much more dynamic and interactive area.
Performance at Boom 2018 – Photo by Amir Weiss
  • We’ve upgraded the Boom 2018 Chill Out Hotel to this edition’s theme, The Anthropocene. Focused on the critical issue of rising waters, this interactive artwork is now called the Water Hotel and can be found by the lakeshore.
  • There are new Torii Gates at the festival entrance and throughout Boomland. The Japanese Torii serves as a boundary: once you walk through the Torii Gate, it means that you’ve entered a sacred, special space away from the mundane world.
  • We’re launching new technology on harm reduction. Within the remit of the Portuguese drug decriminalisation law and hosted by the independent Kosmicare Association, there is a new drug-testing area at the Central Plaza using new methods to minimise waiting times. Drugs are illegal in Portugal yet the forward-thinking decriminalisation law allows harm reduction protocols to support a broader public health policy.
  • We’re expanding the running times of some areas: restaurants at the Central Plaza will run until 16h00 on 29 July and the program at the Liminal Village will be running until 18h00 on 29 July.
  • We’ve created more shade and seating areas around the festival.
  • We don’t encourage the pirate market. In recent years the pirate market has taken over roads, seating areas, public spaces and even destroyed century-old stonewalls. If it happens, in 2022 the pirate market is limited to a demarcated location.
  • There’s more space for camping: we are expanding by 13.6 hectaresfor your comfort and well-being.
  • We’ve selected the final number of restaurants across five areas, with three in the Central Plaza, one in the Sacred Fire and one in the Being Fields. There will be 50 food vendors and chai shops with delicious worldwide food – all with a conscious approach.
  • And there’s still much more to come! Stay tuned and make sure you check our website, social media and newsletters.
Art Installation, Boom 2018 – Photo by Maxime Sacré
There’s no turning back now: Boom 2022 is real and on its way. The festival setup and work at the Boomland has never stopped during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In April, more crew members are coming to live and work at Boomland. If you would like to come and work or volunteer to join our team, the application deadline is 30 April – so you still have time to get involved and co-create the festival with us.
Let’s celebrate the 25th anniversary of Boom together. Let the countdown begin!
Cultivate Freedom & Love
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Impressed Myself

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The pull of the Solstice and recent full moon has kept me from decent sleep and shaken me from the apathy that kept many creative tendencies hidden and neglected. I had a major turn out and pulled out my runes and wand. The runes had mildew on them and the wand was dry and threatening to crack. What a fool to to let that happen after the hard work of creating them in the first place!

So out came the 30 year old Rentokil Wax Polish (Protects Against Woodworm)👏 and they are looking good once again. Now then, if I can only remember how to use them and find the motivation to do so. Last time I thought about using the runes, I wrote a note to self that there are only 25 to (re)learn – well 24 + the Wyrd, whereas revising on 78 tarot cards definitely seems like too tall an order right now.

I’m not sure how far I will take this. If there was someone special who would appreciate having these passed on to them, that’s what I’d probably do. After all, I’m not convinced how much benefit I can get from divination and magic at this stage of my life. I’ll give it a moon cycle to see where it leads and hopefully a sensible way forward will become clear after that.

Reaching the Limit

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In Portugal, sterilisation of cats is not much of a thing. It’s expensive and cultural reasons also prevent it. Thereby, feral cats proliferate both in towns and rural areas. As responsible owners of 2 cats (both rescues) we have had them neutered, so as not to be part of the problem.

Last weekend someone unknown, who probably felt that the best they could do for these kittens was leave them with a foreigner, deposited these 2 in our garden overnight. What can you do? We don’t need them and we don’t want them or the additional responsibility but unless a good home can be found, I guess we’ll be stuck with them. They are gorgeous though …

Putting it out to the Universe that they are available for adoption if someone is available to take them on.