Motion Notion Part 2

I'm headed to a friend's cabin for the weekend, but here's the other half of the photos from Motion Notion to tide you guys over for a while! A large part of Motion Notion is about visuals, art, crazy creations. The Main Stage had some fantastic psychedelic art on display.










Unfortunately, due to some rather negative events, my boyfriend and I wound up spending most of Saturday away from the festival. We were at his grandfather's nearby farm so there aren't many daytime festival photos from that day. Once night hit though, we were back out and dancing again. And I got to dance with this guy! My boyfrie- I mean, Anonymous - really loves glowsticks.





There was an awesome workshop where you could go paint these clear plastic butterflies with UV paints, and they were then put up around the Main Stage. So cool! And I just had to share this woman's costume... the Alien!

We spent most of Sunday just hanging out at the beach or chilling around our campsite. And there are a lot of photos of me because my boyfriend said he refused to let me share shirtless photos of him :p I still managed to get him to agree to let me squeak one in though, heh.








This guy had a ton of Super Mario Bros. themed tattoos all over his legs, they were awesome! I also really loved the guy with the didgeridoo, just playing off to the side along with the music, which was pretty cool. Artists and musicians everywhere!







This land really is a working ranch though, and there were horses aplenty. These ones had the entire field to roam in but they seemed to like hanging out near the road to check out all the crazy people.



We went to go dance to an awesome set by Electrypnose around 8PM, and had a blast. Definitely one of my favourite sets from the whole festival. And I went and daringly wore not only a pair of shorts, but a crop top! With a bare belly! A first EVER for me.






After the set, we headed back to camp to cook up some horrifyingly greasy but ever so delicious burgers. Shpongle was that night, and we needed to be properly fueled!




I danced my heart out that night, for over two hours. It was amazing. If you want to listen to something that will blow you away... listen to Shpongle, seriously.

And that's that folks! I took a lot of photos this year, and I'm happy about it, but I still think I could have taken more heh. It's just so hard to communicate how it feels to be there through something like a photo, no matter how I describe it.



I hope you enjoyed this second round of photos! And if ever you have the chance to hit up Motion Notion... or any similar festival, do it! You won't regret it, I promise. Cheers!

Motion Notion Part 1

I finally got around to sorting through all my festival photos. There are still a ton I want to share with you guys though, so this will be a two part deal. I hope this doesn't bore anyone too much, what with being a little out of the ordinary compared to most of my posts.

But first thing's first! What is Motion Notion? As I'd mentioned in a previous post, Motion Notion is an electronic music festival, molded after similar European festivals experienced by the event founder. It's a haven full of free spirits, love, charity, art, giving, friendship and great music!

We arrived to the site early - land leased from a Drayton Valley rancher - and were able to snatch up a cozy campsite down in the woods. The later you show up, the more likely you are to be stranded camping up in the bumpy unshaded field, or worse, next to the road! Instead, we had these lovely birch trees surrounding us. And once everything was set up, I promptly blessed the campsite with some bubbles!

Afterward, as we surveyed the festival grounds, we got swept up into last-minute sign and decor painting. Some friends of mine from Ottawa - originally from Alberta - were already there and had been volunteering to help set up the festival. It was nice seeing them there but due to several unfortunate events and unforeseen circumstances, we didn't get to spend much time together.

After we were done painting, we made our way back through the vendor area and toward the beach. I got slightly sidetracked on the way though, after spotting an amazing leather mask, made into a spider! I wanted it so badly, but not for $88! Worth the price perhaps, but not in my budget.

The Pembina river flows through the land where Motion Notion is held, and we were blessed this year with a lovely sand beach! The high water level and strong spring currents had washed up several hundred feet long and several feet deep's worth of fine white sand. Wonderful!

We took it easy that night but were up and about Friday afternoon, dancing to a set by King Kornelius. It's a bummer more people don't show up to the daytime sets, some of them are amazing!

And then of course we went to the beach again. Because seriously, how gorgeous is this beach?! Not to mention there was a stage there too, so music was pumping and people were dancing here as well.

Once back to our camp again... I got everybody into a little bubble-blowing fun! Someone had had bubbles around the fire at the festival last year and I knew I wanted to bring some with me this time around. It was such a great idea! Everybody had fun blowing bubbles.

After spending a little time at the Main Stage for the Psy Amigos set, we capped off our Friday night by spending some time at the Woods stage (last photo). We were dubstepping ourselves into madness listening to Subvert. It was packed back there, and the sound was crazy amazing with a great vibe.

The next photo is my favourite from the WHOLE festival. It's nothing amazing, but it's myself and my boyfriend, and we are happy, and we are together, and it means a lot to me. I plan on framing this and hanging it somewhere I'll be able to see it all the time, as a reminder of what I'm working toward.

Yes, our hair is practically the same colour!

I hope you enjoyed this post! I'll be back with the rest of the photos soon. Cheers!