favorite gathering pictures/songs/stories [Archive]

soaringeagle

11-17-2006, 06:24 PM

post your favorite gathering pictures songs or stories here
can be yours or ones ya found online that inspired ya
from any gathering, wether ya were there or not
i'll start with this picture, from the ireland gathering, main circle
i've used this as my desktop wallpaper ever since i first saw it
http://welcomehome.org/rainbow/graphics/europa93/ireland.jpg

whats your favorites?

DancerAnnie

11-17-2006, 06:33 PM

Ironically, I found my journal last night from when I went to the W. Virginia gathering. I wrote this poem when I was there and I don't even remember writing it...I thought it was pretty good now that I read it LOL...

She's a dreamer that no one quite understands
People pass her by with nothing but a second glance.
She leans her flower-haloed head upon her pack
And waits for the world to fade to black.
She shuts her wild eyes under the neon lights,
Her thoughts sink into her past and present lives.
The road whispers her name into her ear
Yet her home seems to be pulling her near.
An untamed heart won't last long,
In Babylon.

The little ones are pulling at her skirt there
As she hands out candy and still they stare.
"Come Home" they chant at her in saturated rhythm
A mantra just for her but she still can't thank them.
Where is home anymore? Her mind wanders to the thought.
Seems she can't fathom what is real and what is not.
The road makes you weary, weak, thoughtless,
But feeds the craving for those adventurous.
You always know what's coming along
In Babylon.

She waits all night for the five o'clock train
But it's seven now and she has no one to blame.
What is time, but a sunset away?
If the sun was up she'd know, but it's gray.
There's a man with a watch on in the next seat,
But he's just another face, one that doesn't speak.
Time doesn't govern her like it does him
The train only runs when she finds it again.
Five o'clock can never be redone
In Babylon.

Heck, I'm not even sure if that was supposed to be the ending, but I liked it...and I wont' change it...I wrote it there at the gathering for a reason, so it's not going to change.

soaringeagle

11-17-2006, 08:03 PM

ahhhh annie i love it and i love you :)

wootier

11-17-2006, 08:19 PM

my favorite memory of a gathering is at the national gathering in colorado this year... all the little kids running around with there faces all covered ind dirt, and there mouths full of it...it looks like one of those late night tv commercials for children in impoverished nations...but i know its just cus they r doing the thing kids love to do more than anything, play in the dirt, living ths childhood i wish i had, freee from tv and all that junk....

wootier

11-17-2006, 08:21 PM

i suppose that slightly off topic, im bad at following forum rules(i got booted off one today)...srry

soaringeagle

11-17-2006, 08:36 PM

rainbow transportation never ceases to amaze me
http://welcomehome.org/rainbow/sites/az98/photos/az98-22.jpg

i always wonder how vehicles like this can travel so far without hassles
or like 1 i saw in new mexico i think it was...covered in potleaves and in huge letters on the back it said 'dont ya dare even think about searching this vehicle'
rumor was that that vehicle brought 5 pounds of weed too..lol
ya gotta admit rainbows got the balls to stand up and fight for outr rights

stoney

11-17-2006, 09:01 PM

heres a pic from last years ocala,

lovin u all

soaringeagle

11-17-2006, 09:06 PM

http://www.archive.org/download/2000_Rainbow_Montana/2000_Rainbow_Montana-Mother.mp3
just a sweet song from montana
just to lift ya up and make ya smile
cant ya feel the love?

Barry208

11-18-2006, 02:18 AM

Guess Who

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/showphoto.php/photo/98724/cat/500/ppuser/11159

soaringeagle

11-18-2006, 02:22 AM

Guess Who

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/showphoto.php/photo/98724/cat/500/ppuser/11159 i think i remember you :)

nutznfl

11-18-2006, 02:37 PM

my brother spider spinnin poi
http://www.freewebtown.com/nutznfl/MyPhotoGallery/imgp3810.jpg

a few more from ocala 06

http://www.freewebtown.com/nutznfl/MyPhotoGallery/index.html

Crystaleyez

11-20-2006, 12:11 AM

My favorite gathering was VeraCruz 2004. It was really small and intimate. I came into myself alot at that gathering and learned alot and met people that are still imoprtant people in my life today. Theres a bunch of pics from that gathering at www.hazui.cjb.net if anyone is interested in seeing them click on photos and scroll down to rainbow veracruz. I'm in the ones with the name Crystal in the headings, except for Crystal fire that one is mislabled. :) I am in some of the fire shots though.
The sunbow in those pics appeared full moon day as we were breaking the silence with an ohm. It was magical, beautiful and everything a gathering should be, despite the tics.
ps if neone knows how to post some of those pics in this thread, feel free. I'm kinda technologically inept

soaringeagle

11-20-2006, 12:33 AM

right click the picture..copy image location...then in here click the picture thingy paste in the address

kayte

11-20-2006, 12:56 AM

some of my favorites from '05 in w. virginia

whoops, won't let me load em. sorry! i'm also stoopid at this compooter stuff.

Crystaleyez

11-20-2006, 03:10 AM

Yeah right clicking didn't work so good. So ah yeah click on the red photos heading, scroll down a bit till you hit rainbow veracruz. Check out Yo y Crystal, both of the yellow headings(they are main circle and sunbow), and fire3. Some of my personal faves. :)

soaringeagle

11-20-2006, 03:49 AM

http://www.geocities.com/hazui_hikuri/yo_crysthal.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/hazui_hikuri/BIGCIRCLE.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/hazui_hikuri/rainbowsun.JPG

soaringeagle

11-20-2006, 03:55 AM

http://www.geocities.com/hazui_hikuri/rainbowfire.JPG
http://www.geocities.com/hazui_hikuri/fire3.JPG

there u go crysttal
kayte...want me to post yours too?

Keanua Otter

11-20-2006, 04:09 AM

Soaringeagle, your gathering photo is amazingly inspiring . It was also so good to hear from you brother. *big hUg*

this is one of my most memorable National 04 experiences...

On the Shoshone tribe land Cali 04. a native girl came up to me in the moonlight around drum circle, the fires blazing and the moon rising over the meadow...and stared deeply into my eyes for like an hour without speaking. Another brother and i were mezmerized, could not look away from her eyes and her profound muteness. just deeply moved by her spirit. We honestly felt she was a messenger, for the land, the people, her intensity was palpable love/concern energy. then she dissapeard into the dark.... a shapeshifter sister forever. I knew i walked on sacred ground with her there with all my family of living light..
*things* like that happen at gatherings. they are the most enchanted times.

soaringeagle

11-20-2006, 04:26 AM

keanua!! hey missed ya too
thats a beautiful story

ok, heres a momment from colorado that was touching
1st off someone from the forums i became good freinds with offered to drive from tulsa ok to philly..to the gatherin..to philly..to tulsa..just to get me..more then goin clear cross the country outta her way
so as a thank u i got her and her daughters drums
well thst got screwed up and i ended up meetin her there instead..soon as i got there 1 of her drums vannished for 3 days and she was all upset but found it later at a kitchen
well few days later at a drum circle this sweet young sister came runnin over and gave me such an intence hug we both had tears in our eyes afterwards
well she asked to use 1 of the drums and i let her, forgetting to mention it wasnt really mine anymore..i left lil later thinkin chevy would grab her drum, but the sis that had it saw me leave & thought i forgot it so took it with her
chevy was at her 1st gatherin and was all upset thinkin this girl stole it
all night i kept tellin her i KNEW she couldnt have & reassuring her shed find it in the morn
1st thing next morn, chevy comes to my tent and wakes me up overcome with joy cause her drum found her yet again

but the real touching momment was that hug.. wish i knew who she was..lol
funny how touched u can be by someones spirit and never even get theyre name

Keanua Otter

11-20-2006, 05:51 AM

soaringeagle, it's fun to watch drums at gatherings just do their thing isn't it?
krystaleyes, that pic of yours is amazing too. it looks so peaceful there, like everyone was just floating...the jungle *feels* so gentle yet powerful there, like alot of otherworldly communication would be acessible there! oooh! thank you for sharing that awesome image of humans that love the planet and each other!!! so awesome you are still close with them. this rainbow family is the family of the planet.

barter mama

11-20-2006, 05:08 PM

Some of my favorites from Colorado...

http://static.flickr.com/70/189132487_78607e105e.jpg
Just before the July 4 peace prayer

http://static.flickr.com/76/189133215_7cab573190.jpg
The main circle, post-prayer party!

http://static.flickr.com/54/189136077_ce7e8dc66e.jpg
The hula hoop of fire

http://static.flickr.com/66/189133527_b8cdb39241.jpg
My friend, boyfriend & I on the 4th.

Gyva02

11-21-2006, 08:13 AM

Wow I just used my scanner for the first time :) Anyways here my fav from the 2000 gathering in Montana. I climbed up the hill and snapped this shot of the sunset using my friends wacky rainbow glasses as a filter over the camera lens. I had no clue the treasure that was waiting for me when I got them developed. Hope you like it. :)

Mike.

http://www.hipgallery.com/photopost2/data/500/Montana_2000_Gathering.jpg

soaringeagle

11-21-2006, 08:24 AM

beautiful pictures everyone
bartermomma live those alot

http://www.tribalmessenger.org/rainbow/images/fantuzzi.jpg

whos this smillin happy rainbow all full of love and light?
:)http://www.tribalmessenger.org/rainbow/images/blue-man.jpg
remember seein him in utah..and that color just was mindboggling

barter mama

11-21-2006, 05:07 PM

Gyva, that is an awesome shot! I love the people pictures, too, soaringeagle. :) Everyone has a smile on their face at Rainbow, so it's hard not to take a million pictures. :)

soaringeagle

11-21-2006, 08:38 PM

i know!! & i got a big card for my camera b4 colorado..had like so many pics..and lost the camera..argh..i almost always forget to take any..heehee bit this time i think i had like 300+ but most of my pics i've lost over the years but never lose the memmories of every single smile
since i posted 1 of fantuzis pics might as well post 1 of his songs i', listenin to now
:)
http://www.archive.org/download/2006_CO_rainbow_gathering_CD2/spiritoflove_vbr.mp3

soaringeagle

11-21-2006, 11:11 PM

from utah
http://www.archive.org/download/2003_Rainbow_Utah/2003_Rainbow_Utah-Just_to_Be_Alive.mp3

Rocker T played a show at camp Clandestino on the night of July 2nd. He is backed up on niabingi drums by various players, upright bass by Andias, and lead guitar by Jay. This song has a great chorus and it is such a joy to sing along with. Just to be...

Keanua Otter

11-22-2006, 04:05 PM

soaringeagle, thank you so much for those beautiful, real, authentic, not phoney, not plastic, heartfelt human loving songs from the spirits of those who know. hearing the crackling campfires and the songs of the singing birds in the forest inspires me so much!!!! thank you!!!!! (just wish i could get 'em on my itunes!)
Everybody else, your pics are incredible!!! Fairies and hippies and happy people in the woods. What a concept.
lovin' you all.

Dylanchick0113

11-22-2006, 10:40 PM

Dylanchick0113

11-22-2006, 10:41 PM

O ya,,, and the worst was losing all of our photos,, we had about 600 of them all gone,, sniff,,, i cried over that

soaringeagle

11-23-2006, 12:40 AM

soaringeagle

11-23-2006, 12:45 AM

I LOVE YOU PETE!!! My favorite gathering memory was pushing you up to lovin ovens and breaking your wheel and still making it all the way!!! And holding up all your hair at main circle so you could cool off,, god it musta been so friggen hot with your shit tons of hair on your neck,love the hell ouutta you and soooo glad your back
well chevy dear we wouldnt have made it up there without your help
u were so awesome that whole gatherin, nobody could ever call u a drainbow.:)
u'd be runnin missions for everyone for hours b4 u'd even wake up...i know u were hurtin as much as i was, just wish ya let me rub your feet just once in exchange for the what...450 backrubs ya gave me?

Keanua Otter

11-23-2006, 03:55 AM

thanks for passing that on. great site. http://rainbowtribe.net/

soaringeagle

11-23-2006, 04:02 AM

thanks for passing that on. great site. http://rainbowtribe.net/
i like to crank those up till the windows rattle got 2 subwoodfers & 4 satalites & setup a custom mountain environment.. & just feels like your there..
i love the arizona movie on www.spunoneproductions.com alot too :)
1 of my favs maybe cause 1 i missed :(

Dylanchick0113

11-23-2006, 09:49 PM

o yeaaaaaa another good memory,,, i walked so much that my feet cracked an inch deep and then i walked some more,,lol,, man that sucked , but it was sooo much fun!

Dylanchick0113

11-23-2006, 10:08 PM

Remember that view from the hillside? You could see the creek runnig through the field and the mountains in the back??

ElChivato

11-24-2006, 01:03 AM

beautiful pictures, all!

soaringeagle

11-24-2006, 01:25 AM

Remember that view from the hillside? You could see the creek runnig through the field and the mountains in the back?? ya mean from..what wa it..jah love kitchen?
yeathat was a nice spot there :)

WanderingturnupII

11-24-2006, 02:03 AM

OK, there was this pic from the '92 Colorado Annual of the Tipi Meadow that was published in High Times. It was taken from the shitter on the ridge up by the Ovens. I know this, because I recognized the view....That pic got quite a bit of circulation at the time...anybody know what I'm talking about? Got a collection of back issues of High Times, and a scanner?

Gyva02

11-24-2006, 02:23 AM

High times rainbow gathering pics... dont know if the you want is in there.

http://www.hightimes.com/ht/gallery/content.php?bid=544&aid=24&PHPSESSID=e011b5e53920288029e257d322b4f053

http://hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=137&aid=3

other stuff you might like... tax payers were billed for the long distance calls of everyone in the rainbow guide to tell them it was cancelled in 88???? crazy...
http://hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=137&aid=3

soaringeagle

11-24-2006, 02:30 AM

hahaha thats funny since the guides so full of ppl goin onluy once and everyone knows IGNORE ALL RUMORS OF CANCELATION
lol
how many ppl ya think actualy didnt go cause of those calls...5? 10? yea they showed us huh..lol

Dylanchick0113

11-26-2006, 12:35 AM

Oh yeah,, one more good one,, One of the only times you weren't with me soaringeagle. Went to get groceries for everyone up at roots,, came back right after it stopped raining after the torrential downpours,, main trail was muddy as hell and I was carrying four bags of groceries and a watermelon all the way from the trailhead,, slipped and fell right on my ass,, my butt print was there for a week,,lol,,, everytime i walked by and saw it i started laughing, o ya,, and at the end of the gathering,during cleanup, the wagon on blocks,,lol , guess someone needed the wheels

soaringeagle

11-26-2006, 02:57 AM

chevy just found this..in high times..heehee
its the back of our heads, but its me and robbie, in cali i believe
kinda funny cause we were also in always free together too (only a tiny picture in the 1 goin around in colorado)
http://www.hightimes.com/420images/24_008_rainbow.jpg

heres the whole series
http://www.hightimes.com/ht/gallery/gal_frame.php?pid=2586&id=1121286048

beautiful_freak

11-26-2006, 10:27 PM

very inspiring pics and stories everyone :)

Dylanchick0113

11-28-2006, 12:43 AM

the picture of you and robbie in the always free is beautiful,, i love what robbie wrote in there,

i'm_not_beethoven420

12-01-2006, 05:43 PM

[QUOTE=soaringeagle]beautiful pictures everyone
bartermomma live those alot

http://www.tribalmessenger.org/rainbow/images/fantuzzi.jpg

whos this smillin happy rainbow all full of love and light?
:)

That is Fantuzi !

Shithead_n_dozer

12-01-2006, 11:18 PM

hmmmmm anyone ever been to a taos 420 at pot creek? my favorite for sure even though everyone hates us! what the frillys donr know about us at pot creek is how phat we fed and not to mention the 20 plus truckloads of trash we hauled out this year. any taosians out there? smoke a fattie at pot creek for me, keep the 420 vibe alive some of my best freinds ever out there. o yeah the mississippi thanksgiving anual is fun too thats were all my real family is at

Dylanchick0113

12-02-2006, 06:58 AM

I love that picture of fantuzzi!!!

dreadnot

12-12-2006, 07:08 PM

i dont have ant pix
they are burt in to my harddrive head but my favorite gathering was catamaco mexico 2 years ago it was small but so intimate i learned more about the rainbow then the national gatherings ive benn to before 99 pa utah all the snow and shepp shit awesome seeing all the anow still on the unitas or how ever it was spelled but mexico rocked but the tacks really sucked i want to go back but in really going to try to make it to a national this year i seem to miss themm every two years but not in 2007 i live in erie pa not many rainbows here but i keep my head up and miss my family some day i will have my rainbow name but now im tring to leave babylon