Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles When Is Gifting Not Gifting? April 5, 2024 By Caveat Magister Some of my least favorite experiences as a Burner are when we become victims of our own success. Often this happens when the “default world” culture takes something that we ...Read More
Global Art, Shenanigans, The Ten Principles How Hard Is It to Be a Participant at the Smithsonian’s “No Spectators” Exhibit? May 8, 2018 By Caveat Magister The Mission Right now the Smithsonian is holding a major exhibit of “Burning Man art” called No Spectators. Everyone is ...Read More
Serious Stuff A Perfect Playa Performance April 29, 2018 By John "Halcyon" Styn I am no Larry disciple. I have not studied his writings or made stained glass of his image. My reflections ...Read More
Serious Stuff My Brother Larry: A Photo Essay April 28, 2018 By Stewart Harvey Some of the language below comes from Stewart Harvey's recent book, "Playa Fire: Spirit and Soul at Burning Man," published ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Theme Burning Man 2018 to Institute CAPTCHA Protocol at Gate April 3, 2018 By Caveat Magister San Francisco, April 4 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fearing that too many ticket holders are in fact spambots, Burning Man ...Read More
Shenanigans, The Ten Principles What Gifting Teaches Us About The Holidays December 23, 2017 By John "Halcyon" Styn (This is an old post that was lost in the great website upgrade and is being re-shared.) Everything I needed ...Read More
Serious Stuff, Spirituality The Parable of the Gift December 21, 2017 By Caveat Magister The only thing I ever get for Christmas is depressed, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about giving. For ...Read More
Serious Stuff Frontiers of Decommodification: Video Games, Micro-transactions, and Authenticity December 11, 2017 By Caveat Magister I’m not familiar with any serious schools of thought suggesting that Burning Man has much in common with video games. ...Read More
Regionals, Serious Stuff Of Principle Importance: Catharsis 2017 November 27, 2017 By John "Halcyon" Styn I’m a believer. I believe in the power of Burning Man. I believe what we are doing is important. Twenty ...Read More
Serious Stuff You Got Your Rules in My Freedom! You Got Your Freedom in My Rules! November 21, 2017 By Caveat Magister I’d like to take a moment and pretend that Thanksgiving is the perfect time to talk about something that I ...Read More