Courage to Grow | Disturb my Slumber Effigy Burn | Burning Man 2022 | 01-SEP-22 by Go South

Disturb my Slumber - an art piece about courage to confront your inner anguish, to conquer and transform

Imagine an impressive 4 meter tall tiger head with wide open fangs inviting you to enter its skull to reflect on the good and the bad when the going in life gets tough sometimes.
Lead artist Glitter Kitty who concepted and built Disturb my Slumber (DMS) describes the sculpture as “the courage to confront our personal 'Cave of Wonders' - that dark, nightmarish, beautiful place where - in the panic and separation of trauma - we leave pieces of ourselves behind. That is the treasure we dive into hell to retrieve, with hopes of making it out alive.” In my view this is where you really grow and evolve in life.

DMS was one of my very favourite art pieces on the Playa. I was extremely humbled to play a set during its Effigy Burn on the Thursday. ‘Courage to Grow’ was also my very first set ever on an art car traveling through three phases of the effigy burn: Courage, Confrontation and Transformation. What a memorable night!