Oh, in case you were wondering, the Man burnt on schedule this year despite the adversity I reported earlier.
Bocking: A premature burn. A suicide. A serious injury. Lots of weird publicity.
And a very big crowd. The Associated Press reports that 48,011 people showed up for Burning Man this year. That’s the biggest crowd ever, and a whopping 23 percent increase from last year. Quite remarkable given that the event’s attendance has been flattening for a while.
I can’t help but to try and interpret all of these events not only for what they mean for Burning Man as a Project and a social movement, but also for what they harbinger in terms of an understanding of the theme of The Green Man this year, about our relationship with the Planet at this point in time.
And it makes me wonder…
