Posts about Serious Stuff

Serious opinions on serious topics from (mostly) serious people.

Hold My Beer …

July 9, 2019 By Will Chase

Yeah yeah, we get it. We’re all free spirits. We’re especially free in Black Rock City, right? That’s great. And ...Read More

July 3, 2019 By Caveat Magister

One of the questions I’m most frequently asked about Larry Harvey is not “what he was like” but “what he ...Read More

June 28, 2019 By Will Chase

My gaze swung languidly across the barren ground like a sauntering elephant’s trunk. I was scanning the playa surface for ...Read More

June 21, 2019 By Larry Harvey

Publisher’s Note: This essay was written over a year ago, but due to Larry Harvey’s untimely death it was not ...Read More

June 13, 2019 By Will Chase

This is the first entry in a new series called ‘Consider Your Impact.’ In this series, we’ll be telling some ...Read More

May 22, 2019 By Mia Quagliarello

Let’s say before Euterpe came to Burning Man she decided to do a little research. So she goes to Instagram ...Read More

May 8, 2019 By Stuart Mangrum

I first met Larry Harvey in the summer of 1993, a few days after Michael Mikel invited me to Burning ...Read More

May 3, 2019 By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley

This is the second entry in a new, long-form series designed to spark conversation about diversity, Radical Inclusion, and differences ...Read More

May 1, 2019 By Will Chase

A year has passed since we bid a final farewell to Burning Man Founder Larry Harvey, and we remember the ...Read More