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 Tigger believed in us August 18, 2015 By Caveat Magister I have a Tigger condom. A condom with a picture of the character “Tigger” on it. It was a playa ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club (Chapter 1) – Let’s kill some myths about artists to better understand some truths about money August 12, 2015 By Caveat Magister (This post is part of a series inspired by reading Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative class.” ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – The Consequences of Losing our Creative Class July 28, 2015 By Caveat Magister (This is the second post inspired by reading the introduction of Scott Timberg’s “Culture Crash: the killing of the creative ...Read More
Serious Stuff Burning Book Club – Introduction: We’ll run out of money before we run out of art July 21, 2015 By Caveat Magister (This post is the second in a new book club, and inspired by reading the introduction of Scott Timberg’s “Culture ...Read More
Shenanigans The Burning Man Minute for July 7, 2015 July 7, 2015 By Caveat Magister Burning Man news comes at you faster than a speeding metaphor! More powerful than a leaping analogy! You need to ...Read More
Serious Stuff You got your money in my art! You got your art in my money! July 1, 2015 By Caveat Magister This is one of my favorite stories about a piece of art. After Michelangelo was commissioned to paint “The Last ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Why Radical Inclusion should make us uncomfortable June 2, 2015 By Caveat Magister I've always taken Radical Inclusion very personally because I'm convinced that, if it weren't for Radical Inclusion, I never would ...Read More
Serious Stuff An open letter to businesses who want to offer luxury trips to Burning Man May 27, 2015 By Caveat Magister Dear Entrepreneurs: We’ve never met – at least I don’t think – and so I don’t know whether you’re true ...Read More
Serious Stuff What Is A Festival? May 12, 2015 By John "Halcyon" Styn I’m sure we’ve all cringed when a friend or co-worker says, “Burning Man? …that’s like Coachella, right?” But it is ...Read More