2017 Art Theme: Radical Ritual

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Mon May 08, 2017 3:53 pm

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue May 09, 2017 4:24 am

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri May 26, 2017 11:47 am

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Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:34 am

fire, walk with me.

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tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Sat Jun 03, 2017 2:51 pm

can the rituals be fetishes? asking for a friend

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Post by **Sham** » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:13 pm

I think we should change the theme to Water World 2.0
There, now we can talk about floaties and boats.

Post by **Sham** » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:46 pm

Perpetual Burn wrote:^^^ Isn't it projected to dry up?

If not... good thing I just scored an inflatable raft for free! Hah

Yes, but it was a desperate attempt to steer the conversation away from a deep religious discussion.
Let's talk about the art and the theme of the art.

Perpetual Burn · Post by **Perpetual Burn** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:24 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:i have never been a big fan of religion. i like to think of myself as educated, and above the silly nonsense of spirituality.

like spock, but without the haircut and ears.

and now this...

how can i reconcile my annual pilgrimage for 20 years with my distaste for the church, the temple, the shrine and the altar.

how do i let go of my hatred of all the terrible things we as a species have done to each other under the guise of spiritual salvation?

how do i justify the utter ridiculousness of all the stories and myths i know to be metaphor and lies?

i trust the dust.

let me explain...

in every religion there is a force, an entity or entities that overlook or oversee or create our world and we are the product of that.

at burning man, we arrive to nothing but dust. it is our everything. it is our nothing.

and every time we breathe in that dust, we are breathing in the molecules of our ancestors.

we are the dust, we came from it, and we will return to it.....this you can be sure of.

not much else is certain.

all religions have their rituals and practices, and to outsiders, they may seem strange, even dangerous, since we tend to fear what we don't know.

we all worship different things in different ways, and you know what?

It's Fucking Awesome.

Burning Man is the Anti-Religion......We Mock and Snark as we Tolerate and Love.

make up silly rituals....WE LOVE IT...make fun of silly rituals...WE LOVE IT

it's ok to wear your magic underwear to center cafe, or your aluminum foil kippah to the Temple of your Choice.

its really the only place in the world where i feel comfortable in my own skin, and i get that feeling the first moment i smell the dust.

i suppose for some catholics, the smell of incense may flood them with memories of high mass at christmas, or for jews, the smell of chinese food on dec 25th, and buddhists get off on sage, so whatever floats your Viking Death Boat......

for me, i get "all the feels" from literally nothing.

walking out onto the tabula rasa, the emptiness, fills me with joy.

there i said it.

i'm get all moist when i hit dirt.

so, sue me.

now again, i ask myself, am i a religious man?

it appears i am, but i have chosen to not choose.

in the dust, we are all dusty........it's actually pretty simple.

the freak in me respects the freak in you. be nice. burn shit and blow stuff up, make art.

spread the word.

or tell people it sucks.

thats the great thing about this new Religion called Burning Man.

we get to make it up as we go along and admit it.

Fucking. Brilliant!

You could have taken all those words right out of my soul...

One of the oldest Radical Rituals, the father of civlization is agriculture...

In my garden, I am most Zen...

Kind of funny how plants aren't allowed on the Playa... dead or alive... so what I can't eat asparagus out there? Lolz

Is this better, Sham?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:37 pm

"we are the anti-religion."

i will not feed you, dear troll, any longer, but know this...

your bullshit has been smelled, and so noted as such.

Perpetual Burn · Post by **Perpetual Burn** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 1:21 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:"we are the anti-religion."

i will not feed you, dear troll, any longer, but know this...

your bullshit has been smelled, and so noted as such.

Yeah, I'm anti-religion aswell...

And I think Burning Man should become a religion!

Mostly for tax evasion purposes.

You can think I'm a troll for now... but I am the Pepretual Burn!

The Rod · Post by **The Rod** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:54 pm

An anti-religious evangelist preaching the dogma of spiritual bypassing.

Yeah, we sure needed another one of those.

Perpetual Burn · Post by **Perpetual Burn** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 8:14 pm

Hahaha, well that just makes me feel Zen as fuck...

No God, no thing.

PS- Love your art car.

vargaso · Post by **vargaso** » Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:45 am

You're bad at ingratiating yourself to people. If you're truly not a troll, just take a deep breath and stop trying so hard.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 3:44 am

christians gonna christian.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Jun 14, 2017 4:51 am

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Dirt Wheel · Post by **Dirt Wheel** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 12:18 am

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tatonka · Post by **tatonka** » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:05 am

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PlayaPatrol · Post by **PlayaPatrol** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:06 pm

Simon sure is spewing lots of diahrera . Good thing I have him blocked and cant read it. So how's beyond belief theme different then radical ritual theme? Larry Harvey you do nothing for your half million dollar paycheck. Come up with original themes!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:54 pm

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SoMuchLOVE · Post by **SoMuchLOVE** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:11 pm

A radical ritual I discovered 307 days ago that I can not wait to bring to Burning Man 2017 is SELF LOVE!!!

On Saturday October 1st, 2016, I defeated my self-hatred and said "I Love You James!" for the very first time in my life (and I am James

Ever since that day I have been on a transformative journey of Self-Love! And the transformation is amazing!

I will lead "Quest To Self Love" workshops as Radical Rituals at Burning Man!!!

www.facebook.com/QuestToSelfLove

I hope we meet on the Playa!!!

So Much LOVE!!!

PS: I talk about Neuroplasticity and the power of Positivity and Love and it's amazing healing effects upon your mind and the world itself! And how to use this power!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 7:47 am

"I hope we meet on the Playa!!!"

i hope we don't.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:15 am

Dirt Wheel · Post by **Dirt Wheel** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:15 pm

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