I’m writing this at Blog Club, which has convened poolside at vibecamp. What the hell is vibecamp? Yeah that's exactly what I've come here to figure out, but nobody seems to be able to give me a simple answer. The best one I’ve heard so far is that it’s like “Burning Man for autists,” although this falls short both because the vibe is quite different from Burning Man and because many attendees might not officially be on the autism spectrum. Maybe there is no simple way to sum it up. To understand vibecamp, I think you first need to know something about the subculture it came out of, which is variously called “tpot” (an acronym for This Part Of Twitter) or “ingroup” (this is an in-joke) or “postrationalism,” (defining it in relation to an overlapping subculture), but like many emerging cultural phenomena it's still too nebulous and fluid to fully define. On top of that, tpot explicitly values being “illegible,” which means that it actively resists being pinned down to a definition. But it’s safe to say that tpot contains a wild mixture of high tech, "woo stuff", and futurism. At this point I've been embedded on Twitter for nine months, learning the language and customs of the natives, and now I've finally arrived here at this summer camp by the Susquehana River to practice my particular brand of soulful gonzo journalism. Wish me luck,
I'm continuing to enjoy expanding my mind and knowledge vicariously through your travels and explorations of so many variations on being human. I love the way you seem to tune into people's strengths while appreciating the quirkiness in a humorously respectful way. Thanks for continuing to share this, Jesse.
My heart and mind expand every time I read your blog and this one made me smile many times… for so many reasons. And of all my many friends, your parents have “walked the talk” longer and stronger than any couple I know. Huge kudos to them!
Thanks for your fascinating documentation of vibe camp. I very much appreciate, especially, the ending. And resonate with it. And have come, perhaps, to a similar place. Healing the world, for me, is that simple: "through the unstoppable power of love. "
I'm continuing to enjoy expanding my mind and knowledge vicariously through your travels and explorations of so many variations on being human. I love the way you seem to tune into people's strengths while appreciating the quirkiness in a humorously respectful way. Thanks for continuing to share this, Jesse.
My heart and mind expand every time I read your blog and this one made me smile many times… for so many reasons. And of all my many friends, your parents have “walked the talk” longer and stronger than any couple I know. Huge kudos to them!
Thanks for your fascinating documentation of vibe camp. I very much appreciate, especially, the ending. And resonate with it. And have come, perhaps, to a similar place. Healing the world, for me, is that simple: "through the unstoppable power of love. "
Life is flow, I think to myself after reading this. And here is a website about the flow….
https://www.lifeisflow.net. - This is my by nephew, and it’s in Turkish and English, and takes place in Turkey and Ecuador….. Enjoy…..