Dress to Impress, Bless, and Process: Clothing as Ritual in Black Rock City
It’s Tutu Tuesday, and you know what that looks like: An inordinate number of participants gleefully donning elasticized circlets of ...Read More
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Hurry Up and Wait
By John Curley
There's nothing like a little weather to spice things up early in the build. The playa was closed Monday morning ...Read More
“It’s Fun Till You Have To Do It”
By John Curley
A line of half a dozen cars and trucks snaked along curvy Route 34 out of Gerlach early Friday morning, ...Read More
All of the Reasons Burning Man Was Canceled, According to People Who Have Never Been
By Anselm Engle
“Burning Man? Is that still going?” Yes, believe it or not, Burning Man is still going. Don’t get me wrong ...Read More
Black Rock City Map Designer Nicole Bloss on the Alignment of Purpose and Passion
By Jon Mitchell
You know that Alfred Korzybski saying, “The map is not the territory?" I’m not sure that’s entirely true in Black ...Read More
Tips & Tricks #30 “Darkwads & Lightwads”
Hey Goldilocks, make sure you aren't too dark...OR too light. Check out all of my Tips & Tricks videos like ...Read More
Liberty’s Flame and Feeding the Commodification Snake Its Own Tail
By Guest Post
By Matthew “Timeless” Welter In 2017, a tiny crew and I are preparing our installation, “Promethean Passion”, for Burning Man’s ...Read More
Community Views on #NotAFestival
By Jane Lyons
As part of Project Citizenship, Burning Man has launched a campaign using #NotAFestival to differentiate Burning Man from festivals, and ...Read More
Radical Living Experiment: Bringing the Principles Home
By Jane Lyons
A Brooklyn-based Burner is proving Burning Man works beyond the bounds of one week in the Black Rock Desert. Maria ...Read More