The Man at 40
Forty years ago on the solstice, the first Burning Man event took place in San Francisco. Only a handful of people alive today remember that evening on Baker Beach, and ...Read More
You’ve Failed, Now Do What Feels Like Burning Man – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 4
In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More
It’s Not About Rules, It’s About People – “Too Offensive for Burning Man?” part 3
So okay, quick recap: In part one we examined the question of whether there even is a kind of “offensive” ...Read More
Those Who Would Sacrifice Inclusion for Expression, Or Expression for Inclusion, Get Neither – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 2
The second most common, and least helpful, way of looking at the question of "what to do about offensive art" ...Read More
Too “Offensive” for Burning Man? (Part 1)
By the last months of 2018, a few incidents caused organizers around the Global Network to have a series of ...Read More
I Am Not a Brand, Am I?
So, after my post about the Fyre Festival, my friend Robin Lehto — who is very active in San Francisco's underground ...Read More
What Burning Man Can Learn from the Fyre Festival
Two documentaries about the made-for-internet disaster of the “Fyre Festival” have caused psychological tremors along Burning Man’s emotional fault lines. ...Read More
“Is the 747 Art?” Is a Great Question, but It Might Not Be the Right One
The best thing about the 747, in my opinion, is the way it has caused large groups of people to ...Read More
Everything Changes When You Blink
Near midnight, as we waited in line for hot chocolate at Ebb and Glow, “Terri” told me about a Gigsville ...Read More
Always Say “Yes!” to Adventure – and Saran Wrap
By approximately 11:45 p.m. last night, Burning Man's Department of Motor Vehicles had been saran wrapped. The ingenious pranksters put ...Read More