In case anyone was wondering how Burning Man went this year:
https://journal.burningman.org/2022/09/black-rock-city/tales-from-the-playa/no-one-said-it-was-going-to-be-easy/ https://buckdown.medium.com (direct link omitted for profanity, click the "What the f* just happened at Burning Man" story)
The second one is the most interesting; he mentions how the event was dragged down not only by the unusually harsh natural conditions but by a cold, Darwinian mentality kicked into overdrive by the pandemic. Interestingly, he mentions how the length of time someone has been going to Burning Man seems to correlate to how badly they reacted to the events of 2022. Newcomers didn't find it that bad.
I know a guy for whom BMan is basically a surrogate religion. He used to post screeds against Trump all over social media. Last I heard from friends of his he'd been hospitalized and they don't know when he'll back to 100%. He had a stroke, apparently, and hit his head. And the beat goes on.
The author of the first story also had a stroke. And both of the above authors, despite their asserted status as rebels questioning mainstream culture, never ask whether the Covid mania was indeed a good idea. The same thing Kimberly predicted for churches that succumbed to the panic is now befalling the burners. This might be more of a Magic Monday type of question, but do JMG or others think anything could be done to salvage their community?
I haven't been to Burning Man but I was considering it in the past after coming into the orbit of more and more burners. Almost all that I know of succumbed to the virus panic so now I'd say it's off the bucket list. An intentional community of creative free radicals seeking to live by their own values and forge authentic spiritual connections - and they're all vaxxed to the max.
The funny thing is that the second article mentions how burners were anguished over the increasing population of rich tech bros at Burning Man, fearing it would corrupt the event. It was certainly having an impact, but then in 2020 the burner culture was gutted from inside and anyone who tried to stop it was accused of "killing Grandma" and ostracized.
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branchandroot
Burning Man - snuffed?
Date: 2022-11-16 08:49 am (UTC)https://journal.burningman.org/2022/09/black-rock-city/tales-from-the-playa/no-one-said-it-was-going-to-be-easy/
https://buckdown.medium.com (direct link omitted for profanity, click the "What the f* just happened at Burning Man" story)
The second one is the most interesting; he mentions how the event was dragged down not only by the unusually harsh natural conditions but by a cold, Darwinian mentality kicked into overdrive by the pandemic. Interestingly, he mentions how the length of time someone has been going to Burning Man seems to correlate to how badly they reacted to the events of 2022. Newcomers didn't find it that bad.
I know a guy for whom BMan is basically a surrogate religion. He used to post screeds against Trump all over social media. Last I heard from friends of his he'd been hospitalized and they don't know when he'll back to 100%. He had a stroke, apparently, and hit his head. And the beat goes on.
The author of the first story also had a stroke. And both of the above authors, despite their asserted status as rebels questioning mainstream culture, never ask whether the Covid mania was indeed a good idea. The same thing Kimberly predicted for churches that succumbed to the panic is now befalling the burners. This might be more of a Magic Monday type of question, but do JMG or others think anything could be done to salvage their community?
I haven't been to Burning Man but I was considering it in the past after coming into the orbit of more and more burners. Almost all that I know of succumbed to the virus panic so now I'd say it's off the bucket list. An intentional community of creative free radicals seeking to live by their own values and forge authentic spiritual connections - and they're all vaxxed to the max.
The funny thing is that the second article mentions how burners were anguished over the increasing population of rich tech bros at Burning Man, fearing it would corrupt the event. It was certainly having an impact, but then in 2020 the burner culture was gutted from inside and anyone who tried to stop it was accused of "killing Grandma" and ostracized.