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By Bixyl Shuftan
From Friday January 28 to Sunday January 30, the Winter Burn took place in Second Life. While the main Burn, or the "Octoburn" as it's sometimes called is held in October, there are a few spinoff events at other times in the year. They are based on the real-life "Burning Man" festival held every summer in Black Rock Nevada.
The theme this year was a new and unusual one: Gingerbread Houses.
Mia Wallace messaged me some days before the event. She was in a gingerbread man avatar.
She showed me around the Winter Burn grounds around Deep Hole.
This mutant vehicle had a nice large seat.
On Sunday January 30, I dropped in. There was a music concert going on at the event area.
BGSinger Hermit was the performer for this particular hour.
The audience had a variety of avatars.
Also in the audience were builder Nance Clowes, and artist Moya Patrick.
Golan Eddie, noted for leading the team of volunteers during the resident-run Second Life Birthday events.
At one point, fireworks went off.
Someone was taking one of the mutant vehicles, a sleigh pulled by a gingerbread man on fig newton feet, out for a stroll.
Changing my viewer to show a night sky, "The Man" was showing icicles.
I spent a little time exploring some of the grounds.
Moya's gingerbread house exhibit.
With the theme and the snow, some of the exhibits would have fit right in with a Christmas event.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?"
Gemma Cleanslate was there, and submitted a couple pictures of exhibits as well.
From tires, to dough, to haunted marshmallow to robot.
There was plenty of fun. But we won't have to wait until October for more Burn2 fun. With Spring comes the Burnal Equinox, and another spinoff. Stay tuned for details.
Bixyl Shuftan
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