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Volume 21, Issue #3 | October 17, 2016 
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ROUND-UP OF BURNING MAN WRITINGS:
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GET ME OFF THIS CRAZY RIDE!
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Zip up your hoodies and stick your thumbs through the thumbholes — it's the middle of October, and yet it's somehow still Burning Man season.
This issue's offerings are on the contemplative side: lots of thought-provoking readings, visions of the future, and one actual sermon. There's also a new job posting for a Major Gifts Officer. And we dearly hope you can join us at the 10th Annual Artumnal Gathering.
It's starting to feel like a long time ago, isn't it? That Thing in the Desert starts seeming less real the colder it gets outside. So dig on into the Burning Man stuff below. It oughta bring the feeling rushing back.
The Man burns in 320 days.
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Position Available: Major Gifts Officer
Location: San Francisco, CA and Black Rock City, NV
Job Summary
The Major Gifts Officer will develop a strategy to engage the community in philanthropy. Reporting to the Director of Philanthropic Engagement, the Major Gifts Officer will implement a comprehensive major gifts program to achieve revenue goals. With an emphasis on donations in the $10,000 to $100,000 gift range, the Major Gifts Officer will design, create, and implement new giving programs and build relationships that nurture the Burning Man’s culture of Gifting. This position will interact frequently across many programs and with a wide variety of Burning Man community members.
About This Role
This position is a regular, full-time role eligible for benefits, working at BMHQ in San Francisco, CA, and in Black Rock City, NV.
Please see our job board for duties and essential functions, and to apply.
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The Year of Herculean Art – and Animal Planet!
Ladybee writes:
“Returning to Black Rock City for my 22nd consecutive burn, I was deeply impressed by the art; this year there seemed to be more of it than ever, and the scale and ambition of many installations was remarkable. It was the year of Herculean art; The Catacomb of Veils, the Black Rock Lighthouse Service, Helios, and the Temple were shining examples of large, complex, beautifully crafted structures which offered an in-depth experience within and without.”
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
(Photo: Lord Snort by Bryan Tedrick)
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Why I Consider Burning Man the Greatest Cultural Movement of Our Time
We guess he changed his mind after the post he wrote last year. Daniel Pinchbeck writes:
“Many of the mainstream art world’s conventions get turned on their heads at Burning Man. In a museum or gallery we generally expect to encounter art as groupings of discrete objects that we view, and judge, within a pristine white cube. One of Burning Man’s cardinal tenets, on the other hand, is that there are no observers, only participants. In such a context, art is inherently interactive. At Burning Man, art is sublimely relational, meant to be touched, climbed over, played on—and ultimately fed to the flames and destroyed.”
Read more on Artsy
(Photo: The Space Whale by The Pier Group, Matthew Schultz, Android Jones, and Andy Tibbetts)
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A Brief History of Who Ruined Burning Man
Caveat recounts history of the semi-annual tradition of Burning Man being ruined:
"In summation:
- Burning Man has been ruined 27 out of 30 times.
- On two occasions, it was ruined twice in the same year. (This is a conservative estimate. Other models suggest Burning Man has been ruined three or four times in a single year.)
- In total, 12 different groups (that we know of) have done the ruining.
- The only actual physical damage done to Burning Man was committed by people trying to protect it."
Read more in the Burning Man Journal
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'Welcome Home': The Nevada Hostel Where It's Always Burning Man
Sarah Theeboom writes:
“The Morris has no official link to the Burning Man festival or organization. But it’s owned and run by self-identifying Burners and operates according to Burning Man’s 10 principles. It’s the brainchild of former tech executive Jim Gibson, who is known on the playa as Jungle Jim. When Gibson bought the neglected motel building in 2013, he had no idea how well the Burner population would respond to his vision of ‘building community, fostering the arts, and educating people in the Burning Man ethos’. People rallied around the project. Two hundred volunteers were involved in the multi-year renovation of what had formerly been a flophouse.”
Read more in the Guardian
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Burning Man and My Disease
Inspiring read about going to the Burn while fighting serious health conditions. Charis writes:
“When I began talking about AS, people actually listened. They didn’t try to fix me or tell me what I should do to treat it. Strangers didn’t judge me when I broke down in tears in the middle of a conversation, or rush me when I couldn’t find the words in the middle of a brain fog. It was a stark contrast to the ‘real world,’ where I am defined by everything I cannot do or be. Burning Man slowly began to heal the wounds I have sustained from a constant barrage of new symptoms, diagnoses, disability denials, and reminders that my health keeps me from being successful in the working world. For a few days in the desert I was able to celebrate the whole, complete person I am. I began to remember that I really love me.”
Read more on BeingCharis
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Arin Fishkin's 2016 Photos
Enjoy this alluring set of photographs from Arin Fishkin, the print designer of all those gorgeous documents you get in your Greeter packet when you arrive in Black Rock City. She’s still adding more shots, so check back often.
Check out the gallery on Flickr
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Return From Burning Man II, a Sermon
Dean Brian Baker of Trinity Cathedral in Sacramento writes:
“After the 2015 Burn, I preached a sermon that became quite popular among Burners. I described my broad experience at Burning Man in a way that was helpful for people trying to articulate the magic of the experience. After returning this year, I preached a sermon that focused more on the Temple and the spiritual aspects of Burning Man. Unfortunately the video is blurry, but the audio is clear.”
Watch the video on Vimeo
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Returned USPS Mail?
~ender writes:
"If you sent properly addressed USPS mail to PO9 or BRCPO9 (the 9 o’clock Post Office), prior to Saturday Sept 6, and it was refused or returned to sender, we’d like to hear from you, as we didn’t refuse any mail.
Our facebook, twitter, and gmail is: BRCPO9. We were formerly known as the 9 o’clock International Post Office, BRCPO2.Ohhh, etc.
Your letters and postcards with commemorative postmarks should be arriving soon, if they haven’t already.
And next year? Remember to bring stamps, both for your outgoing USPS mail, and for those in your community who weren’t so self-reliant (most of whom are foreigners, and need $1.15 in postage or a global forever stamp).
We’ll also be doing fundraising in order to be able to continue providing you with all our postal services."
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BMIR Streams Year Round
Random BMIR fan McMaster writes:
“BMIR streams year round! No current event info but very eclectic mix of music and produced radio bits like, ‘Save The Man’, ‘Clown Insurance’ and announcements from the Bureau of Erotic Discourse. At BMIR.org, as a standalone stream, or on many smartphone apps like TuneIn.
Song info and number of listeners here. Good fix for some playa vibe while thrashing about at work. The listener count was eight the other day. Let’s show some playa love and get that number up in the thousands!”
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Vote for Playascape to Help Transform Los Angeles
Xandra Myers writes:
"Our friends over at Playascape have been selected to compete for two categories in the LA2050 grant challenge this year, and would like your vote. Vote here.
Playascape is an LA based nonprofit dedicated to transforming urban communities into artistic playgrounds through immersive and interactive art.
The LA2050 grant program is an initiative supporting innovative ideas for a greater Los Angeles. Two winners are selected from each category, and the winners are based on public vote. Voting begins October 18 and goes for one week. Voters only have to be U.S. residents, which means people can vote from all over the country. If Playascape receives this grant, the money will go towards the artists deposits for I3 Arts Fest, a free interactive, immersive, and innovative art festival in downtown Los Angeles."
More information about Playascape’s entries and the LA2050 program can be found here:
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Life Cube Brings Burning Man Spirit to the Bronx, NY
Skeeter writes:
"The folks that brought the Life Cube to Burning Man and Las Vegas are creating the metal and glass installation in the Bronx in October. The artist is speaking at two schools, including one with over 300 ‘challenged kids.’ The art has no branding or commercial sponsors and is being funded by donations. The project connects art and community.
The team also has meetings in New Orleans and Miami, and is looking to bring the magic to other cities around the world. If you have ideas on where they should go next, email thelifecube@gmail.com."
(Photo by Stillman)
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The Artumnal Gathering — SF — November 19
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Where: The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA
When: November 19, 5:00 p.m. (Dinner) 9:30 p.m. (Main Event)
Join us for the 10th Annual Artumnal Gathering, a wondrous celebration of our community’s creative minds, makers, and instigators!
The Artumnal Gathering funds Burning Man Project’s Arts and Civic Engagement programs and initiatives. In the last 13 years, our off-playa art grants have funded 162 public art projects in 29 countries. We hope to increase our grants to artists through our Global Art Grants program and our Civic Arts program to bring even more art to communities in 2017. These programs share wondrous, awe-inspiring works of art with communities who may not have access to such.
Support the proliferation of radically inclusive and innovatively interactive art everywhere! Join us at the Artumnal Gathering for an evening of sumptuous fare, fanciful attire, spirited entertainers and performing artists, exuberant music, and an enticing auction and art gallery, all in the spirit of radical expression and abundant creativity.
Read more about tickets and participate in the pre-event online auction. Can’t make the event? We’re so sorry to miss you! You can still support Burning Man’s off-playa programs by making a donation at donate.burningman.org. Thank you!
Tickets on sale now
Facebook event
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We were listening to ...
Psychic Temple — Psychic Temple Plays Music for Airports (2016)
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Raw, live jazz reanimation of canonical ambient music.
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