09/15/2026
The temple holds a special place in my heart. I am thankful for a space to hold my lost love ones in remembrance & to give them a space to be seen again. They deserved more out of life.
If you saw the memorials I made & left in the temple, thank you for taking time to see them, I appreciate you.
Matthew Trane Drankevich & Danielle Daffodil wanted to go to Burning man so badly with me. I have been bringing Danielle with me every year since my first burn in 2022. She was my best friend ever, we were basically twins, we enjoyed bein silly little gremlins together.
She would've love Matthew Trane, a brilliant man from Belarus living a life of adventures & art in the USA. A surgeon, who could modify you and give you the split tounge or elf ears you always wanted. He helped people become the vision of themselfs they always dreamed of. He was a maker of dreams. He was the best chess player that I knew. I never had so much fun playing chess with someone like I did with him. We played all the time. I remember being at Burning Man the years before, missing him, trying to get him to play chess with me every time I had a spec of signal and a moment of time to play. He made it not only challenging but also entertaining with how he would heckle me in a way that made me laugh & think critically about my future moves, but not feel like he was gloating, he was humble but silly & just wanted me to think harder. I'll never forget the hours we spent lost in the b&w checkers. I got a tattoo to remember him. He was not of this world, we were both aliens & night owls. I loved roaming downtown dallas & going to play pool. I loved sitting on his patio in his city skyrise, looking at the gorgeous Dallas skyline. He always said the moments like that were adding to his dream material. I thought that was a beautiful way of looking at it. I am greatful for the dream material he shared with me. I will carry him with me always. He had a beautiful and intriguing way of thinking about life. He's a true artist. He has music on YouTube, brilliant writer, rapper, and the sickest metal screaming when he was in bands. I played his fave Subtronics for him in my set.
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