Emerald City!

To see the wonderful Wizard of OZ, Patrick Flanagan!



Shiva-Nova leading the way down the dusty roads to Black Rock City, Nowhere, NV. She was designed and built by Laserandy (Randy Johnson) for Patrick Flanagan's Emerald City. Held deep within a pressurized heppa filter air system which kept her delicate optics pristine, was an amazing full color white-light laser ready to take on Burningman's harsh environs...and they were! I drove the supply truck, the necessary support for her and for him. Followed by a tanker of Palomar Mountain Spring water, being water cooled, this kept her happy for the night full of playful hours!

It was the first night we arrived, probably Wednesday, before the throngs of arrivals, we fired her up and on the nearly white playa she beamed her colors across the open playa for what seemed to be, the infinite. I rode my bike out as far as I could and as the distance diffused her crisp lines I rode fast along the information super highway where information is carried in patterns of light --flashing colors pass me by. The images that appeared that night of drivable art with large disc ed mirrors reflecting her myriad of bright light color. People sitting in clutches watching the color fly over head, praying as if in a cathedral of their knowing. Mesmerized techies throng to her little black window where magic emerged. Randy's creative and complex instrument of Light emblazoned on my soul. Breathtaking precious moments fleeting...