Anything Commercial Art Can Do, Decommodified Art Can Do Better!
In my first post in this series, I said that decommodified art can do things that commercial art can't. But ...Read More
Posts about Serious Stuff
Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.
Burning Man 2022: How Life Imitated Art
I have a new metaphor for the way Burning Man changes. For the last 10-ish years, I’ve been a part ...Read More
Remembering the Solstice Burn That Started it All
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees ...Read More
You Can’t Understand Culture If You Ignore Artists
Caveat is Burning Man’s Philosopher Laureate and has been writing about Burning Man culture and community for years. His writing ...Read More
We’re Starting Year 3 of Burning Man’s Cultural Diaspora — It’s Going to Get Weirder
Caveat is Burning Man’s Philosopher Laureate and has been writing about Burning Man culture and community for years. His writing ...Read More
The Best of Burning Man: 10 Principles, No Budget, Right Here, Right Now
This past weekend I used an invitation to a large party full of people (who I didn’t know) to try ...Read More
Where Burning Man (Really) Happens
A few weeks ago I threw an outdoor party where, just before sundown, we performed a ritual to take us ...Read More
Happy Solstice! It’s Burning Man’s Birthday
“One time at Burning Man,” the story often starts, and it’s only natural that it should. Stories by their nature ...Read More
So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 3: Responsible Recreation, LNT, and Your Safety
A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More
So, You Want to Visit the Playa This Summer… Part 2: Updates from BLM
A series about visiting the Black Rock Desert in the summer of 2021, with updates from the Bureau of Land ...Read More