BRC Art, The Ten Principles Is Vandalizing Art also Art? February 4, 2013 By Caveat Magister My article about why Burning Man lacks a recognizable literary style has prompted a vigorous debate. One interesting contention that ...Read More
Serious Stuff Why does Burning Man have no literary culture? January 22, 2013 By Caveat Magister John Curley once wrote that many of the world’s greatest photographers come from around the globe specifically to take ...Read More
Serious Stuff Thoughts about being an asshole at Burning Man January 14, 2013 By Caveat Magister After I read the paper Moze wrote about the development of the Temple and what it means, my first thought ...Read More
Serious Stuff Cargo Cult is a daring – and dangerous – theme. Get it right. December 14, 2012 By Caveat Magister I belong to a large but informal group of Burners whose unofficial motto is: “Fuck the theme.” We came to ...Read More
Serious Stuff How many theme camps can dance on the head of a Burning Man ticket? November 19, 2012 By Caveat Magister Have you come up with a theory about how Burning Man should handle ticket sales yet? ...Read More
The Ten Principles Mourning the limits of Radical Inclusion November 2, 2012 By Caveat Magister Paul Addis was a few years older than me, and had been around Burning Man a lot longer. I bumped ...Read More
Serious Stuff Does Burning Man have a favorite economist? October 31, 2012 By Caveat Magister A recent discussion I was having about the future of Burning Man raised the question: “is it really part of ...Read More
Serious Stuff Predicting Burning Man’s future … in headlines October 17, 2012 By Caveat Magister The title of Adam Rothstein’s essay about the Burning Man experience is “Burning Man is Grey.” You and I might ...Read More
Spirituality Could Burning Man replace religion? For real? October 1, 2012 By Caveat Magister Whether or not it’s appropriate to think of Burning Man in terms of spiritual pilgrimage, there’s no question that many ...Read More
BRC Art Check out playa pinhole camera art! September 25, 2012 By Caveat Magister Since 1999, a group of pinhole photographers has been harvesting interaction, preserving history, and challenging conventional assumptions about photography at ...Read More