My pal Aaron Muszalski just announced his new nonprofit, Burning Wish. It’s a program that gives cancer patients or survivors a chance to go to Burning Man. There are also volunteer opportunities.

:: Speaking of Burning Man: Here’s a short film by Shalaco about how Black Rock City rises from the dust
:: https://boingboing.net/a-look-at-how-black-rock-city.html

:: French street artists Ella & Pitr paint sleeping giants on the tops of buildings
:: https://www.instagram.com/ellapitr

:: All about thrift store smells
:: https://www.nytimes.com/smarter-living/thrift-store-smells.html

:: Genius way to sell bananas (minus the plastic, ofc)
:: https://boingboing.net/this-is-the-way-to-sell-banana.html

:: Winning: Oakland’s Shadetree artist community ponies up $2.5M to stay put
:: https://www.kqed.org/with-luxury-development-on-all-sides-oakland-artists-buy-the-right-to-stay-put

:: I thought this was clever: A porta-potty is the entrance to a hidden rave
:: https://boingboing.net/porta-potty-is-the-entrance-to.html

:: “So what should we be teaching? … ‘the four Cs’ – critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.”
:: https://www.wired.co.uk/yuval-noah-harari-extract-21-lessons-for-the-21st-century Thanks, Piph!

:: In MA news: Aerosmith’s original tour van found in the woods
:: https://boingboing.net/original-aerosmith-tour-van-fo.html

:: Lynda Barry shares a neat writing method of hers
:: https://youtu.be/GjofUnKK20M via Wertzeen

:: What a difference 80 years can mean
:: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsCNUyH0A

:: “Penn and Teller are the worst things to happen to magic in the 20th century.”
:: http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/penn-jillette-in-conversation.html

:: “No Obits”
:: http://www.joemygod.com/famed-no-obits-headline-turns-20-years-old

:: My buddy Heidi Bennett has started Vibrant Visionaries, a new podcast featuring multi-creatives
:: http://vibrantvisionaries.com