From what everyone says, there are no words to describe Burning Man, but they've had a good try on their website. That it's arty-farty is not in doubt, but even less in doubt is its uniqueness. The website says "some 25,000+ people make the journey to the Black Rock Desert for one week out of the year to be part of an experimental community, which challenges its members to express themselves and rely on themselves to a degree that is not normally encountered in one's day-to-day life." I know two people who are total devotees of the festival and I'm going to try and get them on here for their comments, but unfortunately I think they are attending the event now (it's on from 25 August to 1 September) so I may be too late. Arty farty or not, I want to go one day. Here's the Wired article (for a better summary) that prompted me to write about it.
Posted by Joe at August 26, 2003 10:11 PMme too! you know, I had never heard of it until I moved to the UK?
Posted by: Lisa at August 27, 2003 02:16 AMI've been to Burning Man twice. I love it.
Description and pictures at billntom.com if you want to read... I think my description in 2002 goes well beyond what the Burning Man organization offers on it's own webpage. Though.. as they say.. it's really hard to describe because everyone there is there for a different reason, and the real object of the game is to get everything/one to mesh well.