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Burning Man 2005? · Jul 3, 08:23 PM
The approved authorities—affectionately, BORG—describe burning man as “an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and radical self-reliance.” They also say,
Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind.
Having not been, I start with scaffolding:
- Burning Man is held in Black Rock Desert several hours north out of Reno, NV. This year is begins on 29 August and ends a week later, 05 September. On Saturday the 3rd, a large wooden structure is burnt. It’s called The Man. On Sunday a temple is burned.
- Burning Man, LLC runs burning man. In 2004 the corporation oversaw $8,557,308 in expenditures.
- Every year has an art theme. This year? Psyche, divided into Consciousness, Subconsciousness, and Unconsciousness. A Temple of Dreams will be built in the Unconsciousness.
- Black Rock City will house 25 to 30 thousand participants this year. We will wear costumes, cargo shorts, body paint, or nothing at all. We will construct small scale art, build theme camps and rave camps and bars, construct large scale art, ride around on bicycles, teach yoga, hunker down through dust storms, and stay up all hours either sober or under influences.
- No spectators. You are responsible for your own survival: bring food, water, and shelter. Read the survival guide.
Memories, pictures, link, opinions, information, and emotions will be hung off this scaffold as they are accumulated.
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I will get the body paint ready now. — Yin Jul 14, 04:08 AM #