The Last Temple

Dear,david my heart goes out to you . and my heart is broken to know this year is your last .For i will be comming to the playa next year 2008 . and when i look at you temple i see hope .Hope for us all to forgive , to remember, to live . all my best
peachies

Dear David ... thank you for your profound empathy and your ability to embrace the human spirit when it is grieving. I, too, brought my mother''s ashes to the temple ... the same year her name burned on the plaque with the Man. This year, I cried for those whose grief was still raw as I roamed around your beautiful structure and read the outpouring of emotion, love, thoughtfulness and forgiveness. You are a beautiful man, a beautiful artist, and a beautiful spirit.

Dear Friend David,

Thank you for bringing these tiny tears to my eyes....I am enormously grateful to know that this has been part of Burning Man....My sense is that this is not the ''last'' Forgiveness Temple'' there....

Recently I saw a bumper sticker:

"Forgiveness...Giving up all hope of a better past"..

Abolutely, acts of Forgiveness in the Present for painful acts of the Past can only lead toward meeting well the True needs of the Future......

Looking Forward......May Peace Prevail,
GrammaConcept

This was on a bumper sticker

Dear David,

In 2006, in a very last minute decision, and being "total ignorant to what Burning Man was", we left Philadelphia to spent 4 wonderful days in the desert. After we returned home, I spent the next year studing all things Burning Man. Your name is so intwined with this event that I quickly became a fan of your work. I watched several of your interviews and told myself that I would like to meet this amazing person.

I am a little embarrased to admitt that I was slightly nervous to say hello. Eventually , I gathered the courage and introduced myself. I shared my breif history with last years burn and told you how I admire your work. With the biggest smile you said " I am a lot shorter in person" and gave me a big hug and wished me a great Burn. I was so happy to witness that you are as genuine as I had preceived. Here is my chance to say thank you for all you have done and that you have touched my spirit. You are my mentor, my hero and I strive to be the same kind of caring man as yourself.

Your Friend Barry

The temple is the heart and soul of burningman. A phenomenal creation of love, compassion, and forgiveness.

David, your work has touched me more profoundly than anything else at Burning Man. It became a pilgramage that was always met with welcome beautiful tears of joy, appreciation, pain, healing, and love. I can''t thank you and the wonderful community of BRC enough for the memories, the growth, and the soulfullness that have been born and nurtured in my heart. It has been more special than words could ever explain.

Burn On!
-eo

David,
You have set my soul free. I have been carrying around a burden too large for anyone person. On Saturday after the second burning of the man, I came to the Temple to ask for forgiveness. After writing for what seemed forever, and reflecting on the events that led me to my broken spirit....I began to heal. You have given me the greatest gift - acceptance. Thank you and God Bless you.