Serious Stuff Remembering the Solstice Burn That Started it All June 21, 2022 By Kirsten Weisenburger “The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer.” —Dylan Thomas, The force that through the ...Read More
Serious Stuff Remembering Larry: An Artist’s Tribute April 10, 2019 By Kate Raudenbush As we approach the one-year anniversary of Burning Man founder Larry Harvey’s passing, we remember the Man in the Hat ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man Sucks at Transitions. Can Rituals Help? April 4, 2019 By Caveat Magister I love Burning Man. You love Burning Man. All kinds of really remarkable and amazing people love Burning Man. But ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles The Revelation Will Not Be Commodified April 3, 2019 By Stuart Mangrum There's a growing sense of outrage in the Burning Man community that our culture is being commodified. I think it’s ...Read More
Serious Stuff Diversity & Radical Inclusion: Élida Bautista on Identity and How Burners Can Create Change March 24, 2019 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley Élida Bautista, PhD is the Director of Inclusion and Diversity at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. She sets school-wide ...Read More
BRC News, Serious Stuff 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 ...Read More
Serious Stuff Cultural Direction Setting: What’s Happened March 18, 2019 By BRC Cultural Direction Setting Group Last fall, we launched Black Rock City Cultural Direction Setting to better understand and address the state of residential life in ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Burning Man, High Fashion, and Commodification March 14, 2019 By Megan Miller Earlier this week, I was made aware of a “hip new clothing line” that debuted at this year’s Paris Fashion ...Read More
Serious Stuff, The Ten Principles Strike a Pose March 14, 2019 By John "Halcyon" Styn Manish Arora, six-time Burner, held a runway fashion show influenced by Burning Man during Paris Fashion Week. A good portion of ...Read More
Serious Stuff You’ve Failed, Now Do What Feels Like Burning Man – “Too Offensive For Burning Man?” part 4 March 8, 2019 By Caveat Magister In prior posts we’ve looked at the danger of trying to make generally applicable, abstract, rules for dealing with acidic ...Read More