The Theme Metamorphoses, Part 4 — “Transformational” or Dehumanizing? June 20, 2019 By Caveat Magister This is part 4 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More
The Theme Metamorphoses, Part 3 — “Transformational” Relationships are Dynamic and Transparent June 7, 2019 By Caveat Magister This is part 3 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More
The Theme Metamorphoses, part 2 – What Helps People Change? May 28, 2019 By Caveat Magister This is part 2 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More
The Theme Larry Harvey, Metamorphoses, and the New You – Part 1 May 22, 2019 By Caveat Magister This is part 1 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man Sucks at Transitions. Can Rituals Help? April 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister I love Burning Man. You love Burning Man. All kinds of really remarkable and amazing people love Burning Man. But ...Read More
Serious Stuff You’ve Failed, Now Do What Feels Like Burning Man – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 4 March 8, 2019 By Caveat Magister In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More
Serious Stuff It’s Not About Rules, It’s About People – “Too Offensive for Burning Man?” part 3 March 6, 2019 By Caveat Magister So okay, quick recap: In part one we examined the question of whether there even is a kind of “offensive” ...Read More
Serious Stuff Those Who Would Sacrifice Inclusion for Expression, Or Expression for Inclusion, Get Neither – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 2 March 5, 2019 By Caveat Magister The second most common, and least helpful, way of looking at the question of "what to do about offensive art" ...Read More
Serious Stuff Too “Offensive” for Burning Man? (Part 1) March 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister By the last months of 2018, a few incidents caused organizers around the Global Network to have a series of ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles I Am Not a Brand, Am I? February 6, 2019 By Caveat Magister So, after my post about the Fyre Festival, my friend Robin Lehto — who is very active in San Francisco's underground ...Read More