This week kicks off international hippie destination Burning Man Festival, a living installation in the Black Rock Desert created and destroyed over the course of the week by anyone who shows up. That's my rough definition of the fest. According to the uppity website, when asked, "What Is Burning Man?" the formal reply is "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."
Read more about the "Principles" of the Burning Man art project, or for something less Kumbaya, check out the archives of past installations at Burning Man.
-1 for pigeonholing it as a hippie event. There's plenty of people who have no great affinity for "jam bands" who attend Burning Man. I'd have gone with something more vague like "artsy weirdos."
ASSH0LE said:
-1 for pigeonholing it as a hippie event. There's plenty of people who have no great affinity for "jam bands" who attend Burning Man. I'd have gone with something more vague like "artsy weirdos."
turin said:
how exactly is saying blind people can't see color an insult?
you're right, i guess they can't.
but i read it more as: "blind people can't understand color, even when described to them! stupid blind people!"
I have blind friends who can see colors. Blindness is in varying stages, and many blind people still have somewhat functioning eyesight.
Being blind does not mean that one sees only darkness.
I'm not trying to be the PC police or anything. And honestly, I don't really give a damn about Burning Man, excepting that I get really tired of seeing photo exhibits about it.
Fuck Burning Man. Art is good and everything, but I live in Reno. I work at Costco. I had to help about 200 smelly, dirty, high, etc. people today find bottled water, power generators, dehydrated food, blankets, tarps, tents, batteries, etc. It sucked.
At least I didn't work at the REI across the street. Face!
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abracadabra
Seattle, WA
April 2004
AUG 28, 2006 03:09 AM
yeah..who wants to have fun?..cause fun is just no fun..that's too much fun
boygirlpartay
San Diego, CA
June 2006
AUG 27, 2006 10:54 AM