Community Spirit, July 2018

GETTING LOST AT
MANDALA
CAMPING
FESTIVAL
It's been about five years since I last did a festival in the
Netherlands and it's been about six years since I did my
aura paiting at a campsite. So as you can imagine, it was a
really fantastic feeling to be back!
Ruud van Lieshout came out to collect me from the airport,
funny guy with a great awareness of people's personalities. I
think the funniest moment was getting lost when we
arrived at the campsite while asking people where the 'Lost
Travellers Tribe' was?
P H O T O B Y M A R I T B I E S M A N
No sooner had I arrived, than I was made to feel very
welcome by the Rotori's who were the main organizers of
the 'Lost Traveller's Tribe', as well as the people from the
'Huis Kamer', Alex the audiovisual artist, Femke Slotman
from the vegan kitchen and Evan Shields from America!
It was a very special community feeling throughout the
festival actually, I met so many fascinating people of all ages
and from all walks of life, even bumped into Tirso Francés
again! I must have painted about 70 beautiful auras of
radiating souls, one of which was Kathy de Graaf (photo at
the bottom).
P H O T O B Y M A R I T B I E S M A N
So I wish to give special thanks to Alba Otten Hernández
who organized everything so well for my arrival at the
festival and also for Lena Anglen and Marcel Mingers for
manifesting such a fabulous experience. Definitely one of
the best festivals in the Netherlands now.