Opinion | Burning Man Journal

Cultural Direction Setting: What We Heard

March 19, 2019 By BRC Cultural Direction Setting Group

The Cultural Direction Setting initiative is in full swing and we hope you’ve read our recent update on our community engagement (4,804 surveys, interviews, community conversations, and thousands of online ...Read More

Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles

Don’t Bogart That Leadership — Burning Man’s Not a Zero Sum Game

July 18, 2017 By Caveat Magister

Not long ago I overheard a discussion between two OG Burners about leadership. Leadership at Burning Man, one said to ...Read More

Baker Beach Descent, 1989 (photo by Stewart Harvey)

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