Burning Man 2011
Burning Man 2011
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.” - Norman Maclean, "A River Runs Through It" #plusphotoextract
Excellent - who pays for the art works at BM?
ReplyDeleteEric, 50,000 people pay around $300 each to participate, and a healthy percentage of that $15M or so appears to be invested back into grants for artists. Nearly all of the investment required to create theme camps and "mutant vehicles" comes from participants. The sailing ship shown a few times in this album for example represents a $40,000 investment. Burning Man is no "hippie festival"... I consistently meet there some of the most intelligent, creative, and successful people I've ever met in my life.
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