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We’ve got tickets to Burning Man! Planning on joining up with Kidsville. You?

I haven’t done this in many years. It’s a thrill!

Megan, Abigail, and I are hoping to go to Burning Man this summer. This would be my first burn in 14 years, yow! As part of the application, they asked me to list the camps, groups, and projects I have been affiliated with. My answer: – 2004 My first burn, I offered a kava kava […]

Burning Man is not happening this year. You can watch it not happen, live, right now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jUOPgEtaSE Rewind the livestream to about sunrise this morning to see a dance party. I’m most enamored of the tricycle with the 40′ tall illuminated tower on it!

While I didn’t get to go to Burning Man this year, I got to help build one of the most dangerous pieces at the event this year, so that’s pretty awesome! I love teaching a flame effects class at The Crucible. A student of mine took what he learned in the class (and his own […]

The art of Burning Man will take over an entire gallery at the Smithsonian Institution for 6 months in 2018! This is the first major national exhibition to focus on the event. Original site No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man Grand Salon, Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street N.W.) March 30, 2018 — […]

From Propaniac, September 2015 Ever wonder how much propane is consumed at Burning Man each year? Wonder no more… 20,020.7 gallons of propane were pumped on playa by the BRC Fuels Team this year (new record). This does not include all of the propane participants purchased off playa. 17,673.4 gallons was for art (mutant vehicles, […]

My favorite Burning Man still photographer is putting out a stupendous book of Burning Man art. You can get a look at some of the images and buy the book at TheArtOfBurningman.com. It’s being put out by Taschen which is like “the” art book publisher. One groovy thing is that two pieces I helped on […]

A friend recently asked me about Burning Man and balancing the experience with it’s sizable environmental impact. Here is my response: It is completely true that all that burning stuff and all the travel to-and-from the event has an environmental impact! Here is an article that is critical of the event talking about that exact […]

Whenever I talk to friends about all the terrific reasons they have to not go to Burning Man, I give the same kinds of responses. This article does a great job at capturing some of those responses. So read it and go with me next year! It’ll change your life! 55 Things I Learned At […]