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
Serious Stuff The Single Cop Theory of Burning Man (In Praise of the Word “No”) June 28, 2017 By Buck AE Down This is a thought exercise. It’s about the endings of beginnings, the beginnings of endings, and beginnings from endings. It’s about ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Theme What We Can Learn About the Soul by Talking About the Body — Reading “Materialism” June 5, 2017 By Caveat Magister Sometimes I think that Terry Eagleton is a Don Quixote figure, on a quest that has taken him out into ...Read More
Serious Stuff Why Burning Man Sucks at Transitions, and What We Can Do About It May 30, 2017 By Caveat Magister I want to talk about transitions. About leavings, about departures, about letting go. Because we suck at them. I mean ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles How Creative Expression Enhances Civic Engagement May 19, 2017 By Caveat Magister Has it ever seemed to you that there are more ways to be a citizen of Black Rock City than ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles The Evolution of Gifting May 18, 2017 By Caveat Magister Theresa Duncan spent her whole adult life doing development and fundraising work for non-profits. But after she went to her ...Read More
Shenanigans The “Crime Wave” at the GLC Was Exaggerated: There Is No Black Rock City Crime Syndicate April 11, 2017 By Caveat Magister Look, I’m not going to deny that something weird was going on at Burning Man's Global Leadership Conference (GLC). I ...Read More
Regionals, Serious Stuff This Is What a Real Diversity Conversation Looks Like April 10, 2017 By Caveat Magister Sometimes a moment that nobody plans for crystalizes the truth of an issue better than any prepared remarks ever could. ...Read More
Serious Stuff Friends Don’t Let Friends Call Burning Man “a Festival” April 8, 2017 By Graham Berry Burning Man is a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s a social experiment for the ages. It’s ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Man’s Relationship to Politics in a Time of Activism February 8, 2017 By Caveat Magister Let’s not kid ourselves. You love Burning Man, but lately you’ve been asking yourself: “Is this important?” “In a world ...Read More