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I had no idea what "Burning Man" was, but I noticed another reference on Salon. Marisa Belger, who wrote the article on nearly divorcing her husband because he lost his job (some nerve), met him at Burning Man. After reading this letter and Belger's article, and then checking the Burning Man site, I'd have to call "attended Burning Man" a big red flag. From the site:
"Burning Man is radically inclusive, and its meaning is potentially accessible to anyone. The touchstone of value in our culture will always be immediacy: experience before theory, moral relationships before politics, survival before services, roles before jobs, embodied ritual before symbolism, work before vested interest, participant support before sponsorship. Finally, in order to accomplish these ends, Burning Man must endure as a self-supporting enterprise that is capable of sustaining the lives of those who dedicate themselves to its work. From this devotion spring those duties that we owe to one another. We will always burn the Man."
