At the end of every August, everyone from "hippies" to billionaires — who all call themselves Burners — gather in the middle of Nevada's Black Rock Desert known as "the playa."
But Black Rock City, the temporary city of Burning Man, won't be there this year.
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I am very unfamiliar with the festival scene, and I feel like Burning Man is one of the few names I know (but I am still incredibly uneducated on the intention and execution of it). However I also remember there was an episode of Queer Eye where the guy was planning on packing up his entire life just so that he could be closer to Burning Man. Apart from this I have seen some images from Burning Man and I just remember, big, mechanical, dust and fire. What I’ve heard is that people go for this experience of being out in the desert with all these people and art and music - so it’s interesting that it’s being held this year online. Reading the costs for everything just made me feel so poor - but I guess for some people this is a tradition that they save for every year. It will be interesting to hear people’s thoughts about the Virtual Burning Man after it occurs, because I don’t think it will in any way compare.
Burning Man is one of those things that both interests me greatly and absolutely terrifies me. The kind of people that go to Burning Man are far more confident in their ability to take care of themselves than I am. It's a different world out there of crazy cool and eccentric individuals which is one of the reasons I've always thought about going in the future but also the exact reason I'm skeptical of my ability to fit in there. The outfits alone are so beyond what I consider "my type" of environment but it's something so alluring just to get the chance to be a part of the festival as a whole. It's a harsh environment, being in the middle of the desert, and not for everyone. Also now knowing how much of an investment it is I don't really see it being in my future. It sounds very expensive and very out there but to each their own insanity.
I have heard about Burning Man itself many times over the years, but I never really knew what it was. I didn’t really understand what exactly happens at the event, but this article, ironically enough, gave me a very good idea of what Burning Man is by talking about what people pay overall to attend. In my honest opinion, I think Burning Man would be an interesting event to attend once in your life. Although I do know that there are many people who attend every year, I don’t know if that would really be for me. Don’t get me wrong, Burning Man seems like the most unique experience, but I don’t really think the grueling heat and the desert dust and all that would be something I want. Perhaps someday, I will attend Burning Man. Maybe not. In any case, the ticket price seems pretty accurate as it compares to other major events. All things included, I will definitely have to be sure of my true desire to attend before I drop more than two thousand dollars on the whole event.
I may be aware of Burning Man, but I have always been a little confused as to what actually happens at the festival. Personally, I am finding it kind of exhausting that people are still surprised that large events are still being canceled amid the COVID pandemic. There are much more serious matters to take care of right now and as my mom always said, you have to finish your vegetables before you can go play outside. As a society, we haven't finished our vegetables yet and so we do not get to have fun at festivals. I have been aware of the festival community and know that these kinds of events can be incredibly expensive, but I honestly had no idea Burning Man was the same since, to my knowledge, it is an art festival, not a music festival. I like the idea of a sharing community once you arrive at the festival, however, this just makes it hard for people that want to experience the festival but do not have thousands of dollars to spend.
What is burning man exactly? I have always kind of known about it yet never quite grasped what it actually is. To what I understand it is a type of Festival that happened in the middle of a desert but it isn't a music festival? An interesting part about Burning Man reiterated in this article is that once you get there the festival is completely free. This makes me wonder how attendees get food. Do you bring all of your food? Do you like, trade and barter supplies, food, and merchandise? Does one sleep in a tent? I've seen pictures and clips of the extravagant structures built at Burning Man and it is pretty incredible. It's a community of people that I have no familiarity with and the festival and haven't quite gotten to understand it, but it seems pretty cool nonetheless. It's crazy how much people pay and how much effort people put in to go to this thing. It must be pretty amazing.
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