Subject: Fwd: about videotaping --- In burningcorn@y..., "Yangfan" wrote: what a huge discussion! well i was videotaping basicly all the time...not that i like it(in fact i'd rather dance around the fire) but i hv friends living thousands of miles away who are desperate to share with me the experience...although i'm aware that the video(at least my version) will be nothing compared to the real event,i still hv to document it... however,i would feel "released" if videotaping is forbidden,like in some other events (for instance,most performing art events)...that way i can immerse myself into the "live scene",either as an observer or a participant...i would write afterwards and i felt even with its obvious limits language no doubt remains a wonderful medium to convey human experience... anyway,i guess "free will" is the thing we most value but a lot of time it seems incapable of being shared... just hope that people could be more accommodating and generous... adding a note to the "Thank you" messages: i really really had a great time! Demi the chinese girl(short,black hair,played terrible drums...:p) --- End forwarded message ---