Cave Party

last night, being saturday night, was quite a good night. there was a party at richards cave, and it was a blast. his cave is a truly special place. being devoid of electricity, and lit only by fire and candle light, the ambiance is quite magical. i should include a description of this cave because it is really not just a hole in the earth, this shit is pimping. first of all, its bigger than most houses, it has two stories, several chilling areas, a large fireplace. when i went earlier in the day, it was sort of creepy, as most of you know im not especially fond of dark places, especially when there could be critters around. but at night, by firelight, it is completely different, all the dark creepyness is converted by the warm light of the fire and the candles to a cozy den sort of feeling. so anyway, there was like 50 people and we collectively had 2 guitars, 4 drums, a xylophone, and a cajon. so basically people just took turns playing the insturments all night everyone else took turns warming themselves by the fire. we got that whole earthy sort of tribal thing going on. its so very different to party to the sound of live insturments in a candlelit cave, than listenting to electronic music in a club. there is something fundamental that arises in all of us, perhaps programmed into genes by the ages of precivilized humanity, from whaling on the drums by the firelight. we become entranced by the flames as a they dance and shake to the rhythm, we are bathed in the mesmorizing heat, until it starts to posess us and we cant help but close our eyes and throb to the beat of the communal heart. it is the sort of spiritual experience that transcends our ability to describe in words. there is no way to capture the sense of mental silence that envelopes you when you really let yourself feel the drums. your mind stops keeping track of the seconds and minutes as you are transported out of prison of time and space. and so i passed the night, alternating between the drums, the crisp night air, and the lulling hear of the fire until people started leaving and we realized that the sun had risen on our party. well, theres nothing like a good breakfast to top off a great night, and i headed over to the bakery to get some churros before i headed off to bed.

fyi, i am so impressed with the originality and creativity of the hair styles that i have seen since ive been here that i have decided to try and photographe and comment on all the different hair cuts i see around, so you should expect in the near future the first installments of the "I Can't Believe You Cut Your Hair Like That" series.

be well and be easy folks