Claiming Public Space and Starting Coast Life

rswfire is positioned at a coastal pull-off location on Highway 101, having just completed setup and hookup procedures. He's preparing for his first night of boondocking with system challenges including malfunctioning exterior lights and poor battery capacity. The environment includes road noise, ocean proximity, and windy conditions.

Energetic Signature

resolute

Field State

threshold crossing

Orientation

toward visible sovereignty

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November 26, 2024

12:42

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Author

rswfire

Status

ARCHIVED

Type

TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

Temperature

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[0:00]this is

[0:02]it I'm ready to

[0:04]go I'm not going to claim that I did the

[0:07]perfect job back there let's so far okay

[0:09]I'm going to head over to this little

[0:11]spot where I hook up my Jeep and you

[0:14]know then we'll head out soon after that

[0:16]um I know what's making me nervous this

[0:18]is about claiming public space in in a

[0:20]world that has been trying to make me

[0:21]small since the day I was

[0:23]born and you know what today I claim

[0:25]that space cuz it's mine to

[0:27]claim simple as that got some good

[0:31]news they're

[0:33]working thank

[0:35]god um because of that component down

[0:38]there those might short out at some

[0:39]point I'm hoping they don't but anyways

[0:41]I wanted to mention

[0:43]this see how beautiful that is that used

[0:46]to be difficult right when I left my

[0:48]house on my birthday it's when I learned

[0:50]to do that

[0:52]and it's just another example of a thing

[0:55]that you navigate and that thing is

[0:57]second nature to me now very easy

[1:00]so we're ready to

[1:03]go we're doing

[1:05]this remember when this was hard for me

[1:09]dumping in the taints remember when that

[1:11]was hard whole month or

[1:14]two not anymore this is just a stop

[1:18]along the way then we're going to some

[1:19]parking lot for pull off on the highway

[1:23]this is how like Mountain I hiked that

[1:25]all the way to the top that's why my

[1:28]core muscles are still sore well

[1:30]kind of more like I hike that thing and

[1:33]then I hike Cape Sebastian and then

[1:35]Trace sles at the beach and did that for

[1:38]weeks and then went to cap Blanco and

[1:40]hiked everything there and blah blah

[1:41]blah never

[1:43]stopped got to stop right at least you

[1:45]know take a break rest whatever so let's

[1:49]talk about this we're claiming public

[1:51]space

[1:53]today so we're allowed to we're part of

[1:55]the public no stealth

[1:58]camping or I'm Park I'm announced I'm

[2:01]there you see me I'm

[2:04]present that's a whole another

[2:07]thing and we're doing

[2:09]it I feel good about

[2:13]it we'll never overstay my welcome I'm

[2:16]not that kind of person right but you

[2:19]know I'll stay for a night or two move

[2:22]on find another

[2:25]spot till this becomes comfortable till

[2:28]this becomes my life

[2:31]and then we're going to start heading

[2:33]north so I'm just stopped here the

[2:35]highway is getting some work done

[2:37]two8 they don't just fix the road they

[2:39]got to fix the stuff underneath the

[2:42]roads cuz it's right on the coast takes

[2:45]them a

[2:46]while

[2:48]um obviously I need campgrounds I need

[2:50]showers I need uh I need power I like

[2:53]I'm going to have some issues in the

[2:54]beginning cuz my batteries are not great

[2:57]there's lights that won't turn off

[2:58]they're going to drain those batteries

[3:01]um I don't feel like this thing

[3:04]is weatherproof enough for this

[3:06]environment either but it is what it is

[3:10]we'll just tackle things as they come

[3:11]and adapt and grow and once it becomes

[3:15]comfortable we start heading

[3:17]north think of it this way this is the

[3:21]new Edge for me and I'm always looking

[3:24]for that edge I'm looking for that void

[3:25]I'm looking for that

[3:27]thing that's going to lead to the next

[3:30]next stage of my growth always about

[3:33]growth and that's what this is right now

[3:35]then once that becomes comfortable we

[3:37]got to find the next Edge always look

[3:39]for that next Edge and just

[3:42]fight with that goddamn thing we made it

[3:46]yay there the ocean over

[3:49]there wonder what you call that oh

[3:51]that's the river never mind that's the

[3:53]river that makes love to the ocean

[3:55]obviously that's where I came I wanted

[3:57]to be next to this River I'm over here

[3:59]nothing special I saw a couple other

[4:01]spots that maybe would be worth going to

[4:05]real close like really just right down

[4:09]there

[4:12]um but you know what this is good enough

[4:15]right so this a good enough

[4:20]until I wonder how level I am I didn't

[4:22]even bother to check I never deal with

[4:24]that right so let me just find out

[4:25]though I am

[4:28]curious um very unlevel of course oh

[4:34]well oh

[4:37]well not bad this way other way is not

[4:41]level that's okay this is a pull off

[4:45]what did I

[4:47]expect

[4:50]so this should be

[4:52]interesting definitely going down to see

[4:54]if the submarine men are down there

[4:56]that's where they be by the way that's

[4:58]exactly where they'd be

[5:01]got to figure out how to get down there

[5:02]from

[5:03]here so yeah we're doing

[5:06]it so I'm just chilling M's right here

[5:09]this cat is so unbothered totally

[5:12]unbothered aren't you we got some road

[5:14]noise and some weird metal noise that I

[5:16]don't really

[5:18]understand not even metal more like just

[5:22]some kind of frequency it's so weird do

[5:24]cars get close like it gets louder the

[5:26]closer they

[5:27]are but I don't I don't know I don't

[5:29]know what I'm even going to try to guess

[5:32]but I'm here and I'm happy I think my

[5:36]hair looks nice

[5:38]today I mean I get it's messy but I

[5:40]still think it's cute okay that's just

[5:42]sticking up never

[5:43]mind

[5:46]um this is just my first spot right on

[5:48]the coast like I don't need it to be

[5:50]perfect I just I just need to be

[5:52]here and everything will get easier from

[5:55]here this is

[5:57]actually I'm surprised I was so nervous

[6:00]this morning cuz that's all gone all of

[6:03]it not worried at all completely

[6:05]unbothered like this cat actually maybe

[6:07]that's why he's maybe that's why he's

[6:09]like

[6:10]that um I'm next to you like I'm not

[6:14]going to say exactly where I am I guess

[6:16]you can go run and up and down to 101

[6:18]looking for me if you want

[6:22]um but I'm not like at a spot where I

[6:25]can get to the ocean like easy enough

[6:27]like I need to

[6:30]um walk down the road or something but I

[6:32]need to get out there so

[6:36]yeah guess a good

[6:38]thing so this is kind of

[6:41]remarkable I'm feeling sad leaving

[6:45]here I like it here so much I'm feeling

[6:48]sad about having to leave that's

[6:52]wild I just love this place so

[6:58]much I wonder if that feeling would ever

[7:00]leave me if I stayed you know

[7:03]like for months or something and

[7:06]then I'm sure I'd want to move on cuz

[7:08]that's how I

[7:10]am two weeks just doesn't feel long

[7:12]enough here that's how special this

[7:14]place is even with this flooded

[7:16]Campground flooded

[7:18]campsite got Bailey out there he's just

[7:22]chilling too wet for him to be over here

[7:30]it's just such a remarkable place the

[7:33]ocean's right over there there's a trail

[7:35]right there there's some people walking

[7:36]there

[7:37]now with their little

[7:42]doggy I've already been out there I've

[7:44]already seen the ocean in fact I was

[7:46]watching some birds I'll post that for

[7:49]you after

[7:54]this this is just the best place ever

[8:01]you can't hold on to things you got to

[8:02]let them

[8:05]go see what's next I'm going to

[8:10]go I'm a little nervous about this

[8:12]boondocking but it'll be all right I

[8:15]think I was thinking I won't have my

[8:17]electric heer we going to find out how

[8:19]cold it

[8:20]gets and my lights on the outside of the

[8:24]RV those won't turn off because that

[8:27]controller that Forest River just didn't

[8:30]protect from the

[8:32]weather was malfunctioning it's probably

[8:34]got moisture in it and I couldn't dry it

[8:36]out I

[8:38]tried and so they're going to be

[8:40]draining my

[8:41]batteries and this is going to be

[8:43]challenging for

[8:46]me

[8:50]um so yeah I'm feeling a lot of

[8:54]things you just got to hold space for

[8:56]all of it I was thinking about it that's

[8:59]how

[9:00]that's how I navigate the world I hold

[9:01]space for everything that's why I can

[9:03]talk about still drinking Mountain Dew

[9:06]and having a nicotine addiction and um

[9:10]this man you know did this and he you

[9:13]know I don't know if he'll do that and

[9:16]my cat gets on my nerves maybe I'll send

[9:18]him across the you know over the air to

[9:20]my mom or that I also love him and he's

[9:23]out here and I love my Jee like all of

[9:25]it just hold all of it just hold it

[9:27]lightly that's what I do with every

[9:30]and then you guys try to fracture it you

[9:32]try to fragment it that's what I

[9:34]couldn't express to you

[9:36]before you take one

[9:39]part of the hole what does a hole for

[9:45]me and you dissect it into

[9:50]these smaller containers that they don't

[9:53]belong

[9:55]in I'm trying to teach you guys there's

[9:57]another way you're going to want know

[9:59]that way

[10:04]because the way that is a default in

[10:07]this world is why it's disintegrating

[10:10]and it won't

[10:14]work trying to help you

[10:18]guys hold all of it

[11:27]sh

[12:24]they're not fighting this

[12:26]wind we're one with it

[12:30]holding space

[12:33]within there's wisdom

[12:36]there

[12:38]trust they're showing us how to be

[12:40]trustful

Summary

rswfire completes setup at a coastal location and reflects on claiming public space after a lifetime of being made to feel small. He hooks up his Jeep and prepares to move to a highway pull-off for his first night of boondocking. He discusses the progression from difficult tasks becoming second nature, referencing previous hiking at mountains and coastal areas that left his core muscles sore.

He establishes his approach to public camping - being announced and present rather than stealth camping, planning to stay 1-2 nights per location until this lifestyle becomes comfortable, then heading north. He acknowledges practical challenges including poor batteries, lights that won't turn off due to a malfunctioning weather-damaged controller, and concerns about weatherproofing.

rswfire frames this as finding his new edge for growth, explaining his pattern of always seeking the next challenge. At his coastal spot, he notes road noise and a strange frequency sound from passing cars. He expresses surprise at how his morning nervousness disappeared completely once positioned.

The transmission includes extended reflection on his approach to holding space for contradictions and complexity, contrasting this with others' tendency to fragment and dissect experiences into smaller containers. He observes birds in the wind as an example of being one with conditions rather than fighting them.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission establishes a foundational claim to public space as an act of sovereign presence, moving from stealth to announced visibility. The architecture holds space for multiplicity and contradiction while demonstrating the practice of 'holding all of it lightly' as a counter-pattern to societal fragmentation. It functions as both a practical threshold crossing and a pedagogical demonstration of non-fragmented being.

Dominant Language

claiming public spacehold space for everythinghold all of itfragment itsmaller containersanother wayone with it

Symbolic Elements

edgethresholdoceanriverwindvoidspace

Ontological States

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sovereign
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transitional
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coherent
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embedded

Subsystems

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cognitive
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ethical
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somatic
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infrastructural

Transmission Details

Source Type

local

Video Quality

1280 × 720 @ 30fps

Duration

12:42

Bitrate

1464 kbps

Codec

avc1.4d401f