All posts by Jennifer Raiser

Jennifer Raiser is an avid long-time Burner, Burning Man Project board member and Treasurer, and the author of the book, “Burning Man: Art on Fire.” Her writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, and numerous publications. As CocoCabana on playa, she appears in Ranger khaki, Gate black, and radically self-expressive cowgirl boots.

Building BRC, The Theme

Waking Dreams: Your No-Shame BRC Street Name Cheat Sheet

July 26, 2022 By Jennifer Raiser

Show of hands: have you ever used “hypnogogia” in a sentence? Just as I thought. This year’s Waking Dreams theme offers ...Read More

Global Programming

No Spectators? That’s Up to You! Come Participate at the Renwick

April 11, 2018 By Jennifer Raiser

A pride of Burners just descended upon Washington, D.C. for the opening of the “No Spectators: The Art of Burning ...Read More

Survive and Thrive, The Theme

Dress to Impress, Bless, and Process: Clothing as Ritual in Black Rock City

August 7, 2017 By Jennifer Raiser

It’s Tutu Tuesday, and you know what that looks like: An inordinate number of participants gleefully donning elasticized circlets of ...Read More

The Ten Principles

To Our Coy Mistress

September 10, 2013 By Jennifer Raiser

But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariots hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of ...Read More

Survive and Thrive

Happy (Theme) Campers

April 18, 2013 By Jennifer Raiser

The camp fell together by happy accident. At a dinner in 2003, I seated my brother the construction guy next ...Read More

Burners Without Borders

Getting Dusty With Sandy

December 3, 2012 By Jennifer Raiser

A San Francisco-based group from the Burning Man Project traveled to NYC, and -- when Hurricane Sandy hit -- discovered ...Read More

Serious Stuff

Opera de la Playa

September 14, 2012 By Jennifer Raiser

[Jennifer Raiser is an avid long-time Burner, Burning Man Project board member, theme camp leader, and Black Rock Ranger. Her ...Read More