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A Life/Art Performance Piece in Reno, Nevada
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between their work and their play; their labor and their leisure; their mind and their body; their education and their recreation. They hardly know which is which. They simply pursue their vision of excellence through whatever they are doing, and leave others to determine whether they are working or playing. To themselves, they always appear to be doing both.”
– L. P. Jacks in Education through Recreation (1932)
We had work to do—a contract to procure—but we wanted to turn it into play—performance art.
We were going to be in Reno, Nevada—that amazing city immortalized in song by Jonathan Richman—heading towards the Burning Man event. This was Tammy’s 3rd journey to That Thing In The Desert, AleXander’s 9th.
We got an idea.
The ability to get a quickie divorce in Reno is the stuff of movies and pop songs going back to the 1930s, but we chose to avail ourselves of that city’s equally quick wedding services. So on 25 August 2013 we signed on the dotted line at the Washoe County Clerk’s office to get—like you need to own a dog or drive a car or go fishing—a license!
