Saki wrote:There seems to be two different Burning Man philosophies.

only two!?!

BAS wrote:

Lifeisshort wrote:I hear that they are asking Bush and Cheney to Light the Man

Well, yes..., but from INSIDE the Man's head!



B.

funny. like throwing out the first ball at a baseball game.

EB wrote:A group of Freman, assembling from all directions in front of Center Camp. They extract thumpers, set them up and summon...

A spice worm art car! They "hook it" and ride off!

That would, frankly, bring down the house...

YEAH! Rock the F*** ON!!!

All you need are worm hooks, rope, and a thumper. A real, honest to god working thumper would actually be easy to do. Oh yeah, the worms and the spice would help, too... bb Yay Thumpers ____ Suit - Maybe flexible solar panels can feed into several batteries that feed into the elwire fans and any ot...

[quote="lurker"] It's about the weird and beautiful things we can do because some people a few hundred years ago said 'no more kings'. quote] And then they murdered and enslaved everyone for a few hundred years. Our freedoms are as ill-gotten as they are hard won. Shame and Pride. Different sides of...

Yeah - that's a burner costume waiting to happen. on the suits. I don't really want to drink my filtered sweat even if it is clean. it'll be warm. And since we won't be in the "deep desert" how about designing a burner friendly suit. Water:A built in Camelbak Cooling component: Covering up in leathe...

All our lives hang by a thread. Now we've got a man waiting for sentence. But ain't it the truth? You take your chances with the law. Justice is only a roll of the dice. . . . . .a flip of the coin, a turn of the wheel. -Dr. Dealgood - Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome ____________________________________...

i have a dream that doesn't include nations. i will not participate in a celebration of the american dream. why wouldn't i just head to mardi gras? Easy to say what your dream is, but can you come up with an artistic expression of that dream, that's where the challenge lies. And if you want, you sh...

Do read up on "Manifest Destiny" before using the two words together. Yes, I know, you said "manifesting destiny" but the words put a chill down my spine. Manifest Destiny was a 19th century idea that we, the white Americans, were destined to rule the continent and have no outside interference from...

I support Paul and his decision and actions. Hooray! First Burn Rule: Don't Fuck With Others' Burn. Period. I was actually present at the time (had just arrived and walked out with some close friends. There WERE people in CLEAR danger. That alone invalidates everything the "artist" (I use the term ...

the rubber stillsuits are good and all but I am more interested in a tight knit group of people who know how to fight, and are interested in Paul's influcence on the fremen. people who are into developing their consciousness. and if you can put toghether a stillsuit that would be cool i'm Re-readin...

[quote="golgotha-a-go-go"] "The Opiate of the Masses" quote] Yeah but how about just encompassing all the religions under "religion" then you have room for TV, Drugs, Food, Sex or a bunch of other things that can be Opiates of the Masses. But then wouldn't we be giving in to our hedonism on some lev...

CAMP CONDI 2008!!!

[quote="Badger"]if some people would just take time to stop their [color=red]Knee-jerk PC Dance of Angst and Moral Indignation([/color]TM) and think of a few ideas to take it in another direction.[/quote] But that's my main Dance, yo! Aside from the cabbage patch and the running man! Ok Ok - I give....

[quote="blyslv"] What, specifically, about them? They're welcome too, so long as they don't try and burn down the art![/quote] well I think the fact that the grant monies don't all go to Themed art will be the saving grace. But THEMATICALLY, no they aren't invited to particpate. Nor is anyone who ha...

[quote="lurker"]In America, you can become what you want. You are not bound by ties of family, caste or class.[/quote] You've got to be kidding. i don't know one person who is not bound in some way, shape, or form by the things you mentioned. Even rich people are bound by class. What are you smokin'...

[quote="Toolmaker"]The theme is pure genius.[/quote]

Yo Mamma's pure Genius! Oh wait ... what?

[quote="Bob"]Aren't you American?[/quote]

What about the folks who aren't or don't claim that as an identifing characteristic?

[quote="Apollonaris Zeus"] This can be a great theme! Just look at all the paradoxes of The American Dream! You can do something on the richest nation in the world can spend a trillion on a war to no where and New Orleans and why most of the people there still don't have a home to live in!!!! So man...

[quote="ravenluv"] i love the idea of letting a vote take place! very quaker-like. highly important when forming the theme of a revolution. one practical issue: if there were lots of theme ideas submitted, there is a good chance that the top pick would still only have garnered 25 percent of the vote...

It's just lame. I mean c'mon. Is that all they have to give us in terms of their ability to challenge and provoke. Even our arguments over this one are going to be weak and boring. I'm already bored. I was pissed for a second. But now... eh... whatever... So I propose we all submit entires for the A...