3 ms·

I've always had the notion that a festival that you arrived at and departed completely naked, carrying nothing just as you do in the world would be awesome. Bur

I've always had the notion that a festival that you arrived at and departed completely naked, carrying nothing just as you do in the world would be awesome. Burning man became more about what you could shlep into the desert to show off than anything. And as a poor kid growing up, nothing pissed me off in quite the unique and wonderful way as "show and tell" at school.

c22 10y ago
> I've always had the notion that a festival that you arrived at and departed completely naked, carrying nothing just as you do in the world would be awesome. Some people do this at Burning Man, but it's a good thing they're in the minority. The alternative would not be "awesome" but a horrifying week of crises as naked people died en masse in the dust.
- noonespecial 10y ago
  Eyyahh. Not really suggesting you show up to Burning Man naked. This is a bad idea. I was thinking perhaps of a hypothetical festival where you show up naked but the festival itself provides everything to everyone equally. Walk in the door and there's 53' trailers full of goodwill-like clothing, tons of raw food ingredients for the cooking, hand tools and wood for building etc. In short, everyone arrives in a new "world" as equals and makes of it what they can. Bonus points for not allowing real names or talk of who you were on the "outside". Oh crap. I'm kind of describing prison. So umm... like jail but not so sucky.
  - quantumhobbit 10y ago
    >like jail but not so sucky Maybe that's the whole point. It is the intentions of the participants that define the experience. After all monestaries are just like prison with spartan conditions and rigid routines, but completely different in how the participants experience it. Voluntary vs. Involuntary. Searching for an experience vs. Counting down the days. Etc.
i386 10y ago
Enjoy being hungry and suffering from exposure to the elements.

c22 10y ago

> I've always had the notion that a festival that you arrived at and departed completely naked, carrying nothing just as you do in the world would be awesome. Some people do this at Burning Man, but it's a good thing they're in the minority. The alternative would not be "awesome" but a horrifying week of crises as naked people died en masse in the dust.

noonespecial 10y ago
Eyyahh. Not really suggesting you show up to Burning Man naked. This is a bad idea. I was thinking perhaps of a hypothetical festival where you show up naked but the festival itself provides everything to everyone equally. Walk in the door and there's 53' trailers full of goodwill-like clothing, tons of raw food ingredients for the cooking, hand tools and wood for building etc. In short, everyone arrives in a new "world" as equals and makes of it what they can. Bonus points for not allowing real names or talk of who you were on the "outside". Oh crap. I'm kind of describing prison. So umm... like jail but not so sucky.
- quantumhobbit 10y ago
  >like jail but not so sucky Maybe that's the whole point. It is the intentions of the participants that define the experience. After all monestaries are just like prison with spartan conditions and rigid routines, but completely different in how the participants experience it. Voluntary vs. Involuntary. Searching for an experience vs. Counting down the days. Etc.

i386 10y ago

Enjoy being hungry and suffering from exposure to the elements.