"We've got good news. You're going to burning man." 
That's the phone call that started the emotional roller coaster my team and I are on right now. The excitement and pride of being awarded an honorarium by the Burning Man art committee are intertwined with overwhelming realization of what a project of this magnitude means. What it means to me, what it means to us, and how hard we have to work to make it mean something to everyone who experiences it. 
Creating this piece is going to require the help of an entire community, and once that last piece is erected, it will belong to the community. And I, for one, can not wait for that moment. 
-Troy