Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles What Burning Man Can Teach the Surgeon General About Curing Loneliness May 18, 2023 By Caveat Magister The Surgeon General has declared that loneliness and isolation are an epic health crisis and must be addressed. According to ...Read More
Global Art, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Decommodifying Permission: Participation vs. Commodification March 21, 2023 By Caveat Magister Since I started this series, I’ve gotten a few messages from people saying (more or less): “YES, I want to ...Read More
The Ten Principles To Reconcile Art and Commerce, Take Them Less Seriously February 28, 2023 By Caveat Magister My first post in this series explored the way in which Decommodified art can do things that commodified art can’t. ...Read More
Global Art, Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff Everyone’s an Artist; Artists Need to Make a Living Like Everyone November 30, 2022 By Caveat Magister This is part III in Caveat's series about "decommodifying permission" and figuring out how to square the needs of a ...Read More
Global Art, Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Anything Commercial Art Can Do, Decommodified Art Can Do Better! November 1, 2022 By Caveat Magister In my first post in this series, I said that decommodified art can do things that commercial art can't. But ...Read More
Global Art, The Ten Principles Decommodify Permission: Make Incredible Experiences With What You Have October 18, 2022 By Caveat Magister For the past year I’ve been visiting different Burning Man communities and offering to work with local artists and creators ...Read More
Tales from the Playa Quiet Moments, Quiet Magic: Black Rock City 2022 September 22, 2022 By Caveat Magister My first several days on the playa did not feel like Burning Man to me. It felt strange and unfamiliar. ...Read More
Serious Stuff, Tales from the Playa Burning Man 2022: How Life Imitated Art September 16, 2022 By Caveat Magister I have a new metaphor for the way Burning Man changes. For the last 10-ish years, I’ve been a part ...Read More
Global Art Three Questions About Creating Transformational Experiences Anywhere April 4, 2022 By Caveat Magister Hey, how do transformative experiences work? Great question! In February I led the first in a series of virtual panel ...Read More