Community During COVID, Rhymes with Burning Man, Shenanigans “Welcome to the Demon Garden” — Spending Burn Week at Home September 13, 2021 By Caveat Magister The garage door rolls open with a rumble. You step from the bright outside into the long, shadowy, corridor. There’s ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man What I’ll Be Doing During Burn Week (You’re Invited!) August 18, 2021 By Caveat Magister Last year I discovered—sadly, reluctantly—that so far, at this state of its technology and culture, VR feels nothing even remotely ...Read More
Rhymes with Burning Man, Serious Stuff The Best of Burning Man: 10 Principles, No Budget, Right Here, Right Now August 9, 2021 By Caveat Magister This past weekend I used an invitation to a large party full of people (who I didn’t know) to try ...Read More
Serious Stuff Where Burning Man (Really) Happens June 24, 2021 By Caveat Magister A few weeks ago I threw an outdoor party where, just before sundown, we performed a ritual to take us ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles The Radical Act of Inclusion — Now As Much As Ever January 29, 2021 By Caveat Magister People have tried to pull me into a number of discussions about whether we need to change the principle of ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Theme Happy Birthday, Larry January 11, 2021 By Caveat Magister People still ask me: “What do you think Larry’s theme would have been for Burning Man this year?” Oh, come ...Read More
The Theme The Case of the Missing Man — Part 9 — The Quick and the Iconographic September 10, 2020 By Caveat Magister Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More
The Theme The Case of the Missing Man — Part 8 — Pyro-technicians Tell No Tales September 4, 2020 By Caveat Magister Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More
The Theme The Case of the Missing Man — Part 7 — Go Virtual or Go Rogue September 1, 2020 By Caveat Magister Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More
The Theme The Case of the Missing Man — Part 6 — Into the Art! August 31, 2020 By Caveat Magister Somewhere in the Multiverse someone is building the Man. Not just A Man but THE Man. Or are they?! This ...Read More