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
In Defense of “Bucket Listers”
Based on the amount of complaining I’ve heard about it recently, we really don’t like it when random people put ...Read More
A Story About Fear
A young woman who had moved to the city and learned the art of sculpting from the last legendary survivors ...Read More
Be the Dust You Wish to See
So, yeah there was an election in the U.S. and there has been some tension in its wake. And while ...Read More
Burning Man’s New Challenge (It’s a High Culture, Bitches!)
Let me cut to the chase: I think the major challenge facing the Burning Man Project in its new era ...Read More
Burning Man’s First-Ever Philosophical Center Symposium
Last week I was honored to participate in "Sustainable Creative Communities, A Symposium at the Esalen Institute." From the site: ...Read More
Burning Man Believes in Magical Places
The place most associated with Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert, is widely acknowledged in our culture to be “magical.” ...Read More
A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man
In 1986, at the very first Burn, a crowd of complete strangers gathered around the Man once it was lit it ...Read More
Burning Man Is an “Efficiency Third” Culture, and That’s Why You Love It
In a recent article, burner and economist Conner Smith asked “Does Burning Man work?” Smith acknowledges by the end that ...Read More
Structural Integrity: How It Feels to Choose Burning Man and (Nearly) Blow Up Your Life
By Anonymous So far as I see, I can tell this story three ways. Way 1: Last year, I ...Read More