Black Rock City | Burning Man Journal

The Ritual and Risk of Dancing with Fire: A Conversation with Crimson Rose

October 19, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger

To witness Crimson Rose in action wrangling performers and staff is to experience a force of nature at work in her element… and yes, that element is fire. One of ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

The Goat Truth

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I did have the honor of finding and exploring the anus of truth. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

Home Sweet Port-A-Potty

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

Chug-a-lugging a can of soup, my new friends were my nourishment. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

On My Way Home

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

All the details you wish you remembered to write down from your first time. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

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August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I sat on top of a primer gray articulated bus watching the sun set in blackrock city. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

My Tale from the Playa

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I walked a couple inches above the ground and nothing was going to hold me back. ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

My Experience Out with the Mausoleum

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

I remember the fire burning so hot that the fire people in their protective clothing had to run away! ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

It’s the Giving

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

The incredulous look she gave me as I handed her a slice of ice cold cantaloupe. ...Read More

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A Taste of Honey

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

This cautionary tale I'll tell and try to tell with taste / Involving as it does a porta-potty full of ...Read More

Tales from the Playa

21 Haikus on the Way to Burning Man

August 31, 2002 By Tales From the Playa

Town of Gerlach sits / On hump between two deserts: / Last normal outpost. ...Read More