ELS Effigy happened early at 5pm. - It felt a bit weird it happening in the bright sun. But also the warmth made it feel a bit like being at Nowhere. Another strange dynamic is that it was open to the public, so there were loads of families and non burners there. It's obviously good to share our ceremonies and traditions with default world people, and the atmosphere was nice, but I think I'd have preferred something a little more intimate given I'd struggled to integrate with the ELS crowd as much as I'd have liked. Incredibly, my co-director of Burning Nest, Jeanne and I hadn't connected at the event prior to Effigy, but we found each other and got the obligatory selfie for the board Signal chat.