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Re: burning man 2008 [Re: Astral_JL]
    #8163162 - 03/18/08 05:15 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

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This year Burning Man will stand atop an obelisk. This imposing monument, emblazoned with the images of flags, will represent the countries of the world. Ranging from Canada to Chad, from Brazil to Burundi, from Vatican City to the Republic of China, these emblems will shine brightly in the night, gleaming like illuminated gems that stud a giant jewel box. A double-helix, like a strand of DNA, will form a staircase. Twining around the axis of this tower, it will spiral through a series of viewing platforms. The topmost tier will stand directly underneath the Burning Man.

Son, look, we might be in the desert, but we are still civilized people, and civilized people put up arbitrary boundaries that they will fight to the death to protect.
– Hal speaking to Dewey, Malcolm in The Middle
Anyone embarking on this path will encounter hundreds of fellow participants – many of whom come to Black Rock City from around the world. Indeed, in order to discover the flag of any particular county amid this welter of imagery, it will be necessary to inspect the flags of many other nations. Each of these may be imagined as a dream no less radiant or precious than the rest. Each country is a source of culture and identity; yet each may also be regarded as a glimmering illusion: a sovereign artifact, an arbitrary puzzle piece, an isolated fragment on a map.

You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it
stubbornly
long or suddenly
A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than mountains:
shine, perishing republic.
– Robinson Jeffers, Shine Perishing Republic
The 20th Century was, in many ways, the American century. At the close of World War II, the government of the United States created an enduring peace with its opponents that was almost without precedent. It embodied the ideals on which America was founded: democracy, equality, freedom and opportunity – a vision of unbounded hope for an improving future. It seemed natural for Americans to think their country was a master model for the world.

This post-war period also produced an unprecedented prosperity. America now hovered at the apex of its worldly fortunes. Never before had wealth been so broadly distributed throughout society. For many people – though, most certainly, not all – this was the era of what came to be called the American dream. Home ownership, a well paid job, a college education, the prospect of security in one's old age: these blessings beckoned to a growing middle class.

The past does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
– Mark Twain
Today, Americans appear to live amid the tarnished squalor of a second Gilded Age. By nearly every measure, America has become a more unequal society. A mere one percent of the population now controls a third of the nation's wealth. Education, health care and home ownership – these now escape the reach of those who thought they were the middle class. Forty years of heedless mass-consumption have turned dreams into delusions. America's awash in debt. Embroiled in a wayward war, its citizens are told to shop.

Many feel that the United States is now adrift. Its allies, once so numerous, begin to fall away and chart an independent course. Its citizens, more tellingly, have lost their faith in progress. Polls indicate they now believe their children can't expect a better future. They distrust the institutions of government, of finance, and the corrupting power of large corporations. And yet, the native traits of any culture are deep-rooted. Freedom, opportunity, inventiveness, the power to transform oneself: these values and a love of self-expression still endure.

Perhaps, it's time Americans began to face themselves. Maybe, it's also time that they began to listen to other countries of the world. All of us are immigrants to Black Rock City. What can we dream America to be? As always, any work of art by anyone, regardless of our theme, is welcome at the Burning Man event. If you are planning to do fire art or wish to install a work of art on the open playa, please see our Art Guidelines for more information.





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Re: burning man 2008 [Re: JRayV]
    #8163223 - 03/18/08 05:29 PM (15 years, 10 months ago)

Damn, I don't think there is any way I can make it, but I'd love to.


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Fiction, after all, has to make sense. -- Mark Twain


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Re: burning man 2008 [Re: Kickle]
    #8224810 - 04/01/08 03:45 PM (15 years, 9 months ago)

Alright. I'm able to access the Gathering and Travel forum now, so I created a post for the shroomery burning man 2008 gathering!

I'm guessing tons of shroomerites are gonna be there this year, this could be a lot of fun!

Let's get a good idea of how we want to arrange this and who will be there.

100% gaurantee that if you show up, I will smoke you up!!!


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Re: burning man 2008 [Re: KetamineKatalyst]
    #8600675 - 07/06/08 12:46 PM (15 years, 6 months ago)

Me and a friend are heading out to BM08 from near Boston Ma. We need a ride or at least a means of getting our bikes out there. Cash/other compensation is available. PM for more talks!


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