http://cliffypop.com Galleries & Blogging on the Burn Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:02:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://cliffypop.com/2008/05/05/movement-celebration-arts/ http://cliffypop.com/2008/05/05/movement-celebration-arts/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 17:39:53 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2008/05/05/movement-celebration-arts/ Burning Passion I'm overjoyed to note that our own progressive town of Santa Rosa, and the Northbay Burner community of Sonoma County in general, has been leading the charge of dragging "art" from the conventional hallowed halls of museums and galleries and out into the streets for all to engage in.]]> http://cliffypop.com/2008/05/05/movement-celebration-arts/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/24/sex-movement-airing-out-our-taboos/ http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/24/sex-movement-airing-out-our-taboos/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:03:51 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/24/sex-movement-airing-out-our-repression/ probetic ?) at the downy underbelly of sexual taboo in society. The writer is Paolo Coelho and the blog I found the excerpt on was Sexoteric: Why has sex become a taboo? Because it is a process of alchemy: it transforms a vast manifestation of spiritual energy, which is love, into a physical gesture.]]> http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/24/sex-movement-airing-out-our-taboos/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/18/movement-hope-burn-down-sexual-scandal/ http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/18/movement-hope-burn-down-sexual-scandal/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:44:35 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/18/movement-hope-burn-down-sexual-scandal/ tiny nibbles posted this insightful article from Lauren Berlant called Against Sexual Scandal. I could not agree more with the notion that our society is rabid with the self-righteous and self-fearful, liberally pointing fingers at one another while hiding behind their own denial of sex. I am tired of living among powerful children who would judge all by blind status quo double standards for no more reason really than fear or self loathing (or, more likely, to turn a buck in network ratings or votes in some campaign).]]> http://cliffypop.com/2008/03/18/movement-hope-burn-down-sexual-scandal/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2008/02/22/torch-with-a-twist-finds-burners-vaudeville-in-detroit/ http://cliffypop.com/2008/02/22/torch-with-a-twist-finds-burners-vaudeville-in-detroit/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:22:19 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2008/02/22/torch-with-a-twist-finds-burners-vaudeville-in-detroit/ Detroit, 43, quickly assembled performers she knew from Detroit's Theatre Bizarre performance space and the Burning Man arts festival in Nevada. Though many performers were part of the local leather and fetish party scene, their goal for this show was to create something less risqué and more innocent.]]> http://cliffypop.com/2008/02/22/torch-with-a-twist-finds-burners-vaudeville-in-detroit/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2007/12/05/movement-the-circus-arts-revival-traditional-and-otherwise/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/12/05/movement-the-circus-arts-revival-traditional-and-otherwise/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:35:48 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2007/12/05/movement-the-circus-arts-revival-traditional-and-otherwise/ Acrobats, Fire Dancers Fuel Circus Craze With Burning Man's "Red Nose District" and the many attendees in general working in daring performance arts of various sorts, there seems to be an obvious cross-seeding between what's happening playa-side and under the big (small...?) tops up and down the west coast. ]]> http://cliffypop.com/2007/12/05/movement-the-circus-arts-revival-traditional-and-otherwise/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2007/11/01/kinetic-sculpture-races-list/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/11/01/kinetic-sculpture-races-list/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:06:26 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2007/11/01/a-short-list-of-burning-man-in-the-default-world-kinetic-sculpture-races/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/11/01/kinetic-sculpture-races-list/feed/ 2 http://cliffypop.com/2007/05/03/movement-4-religion-reviving-festivity-at-the-burn/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/05/03/movement-4-religion-reviving-festivity-at-the-burn/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 20:47:24 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2007/05/03/movement-4-religion-reviving-festivity-at-the-burn/

One misguided person's ridiculously paranoid rant about Burning Man 2000 and the "Helco" installation as the portal from which Satan's actual "hoardes" have arrived: The Burning Man, by Thomas Horn

]]> http://cliffypop.com/2007/05/03/movement-4-religion-reviving-festivity-at-the-burn/feed/ 3 http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/26/movement-3-burn-it-but-recycle-the-good-stuff/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/26/movement-3-burn-it-but-recycle-the-good-stuff/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:16:52 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/26/movement-3-burn-it-but-recycle-the-good-stuff/ Burners Without Borders: RGJ.com: Burners build houses in Stead The article explains how post burn refuse is repurposed for homes in Nevada through the Truckee Meadows Habitat For Humanity organization. This reuse mentality strikes me as atypical to much of our world (with so much consumer programming for disposable everything), yet so typical to the spirit of Burning Man. Just look at the "Leave No Trace" intention and the general willingness to help others both in and outside the event.]]> http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/26/movement-3-burn-it-but-recycle-the-good-stuff/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/07/movement-series-2-burning-man-enclaves-of-tomorrow/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/07/movement-series-2-burning-man-enclaves-of-tomorrow/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:09:03 +0000 stache http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/07/movement-series-2-burning-man-enclaves-of-tomorrow/ Out to change the world / BURNING MAN AT 20: Burners take creative approach to building sense of community With attendance topping 40,000, it's hard not to see Burning Man needing to evolve into something else and perhaps smaller in scope, more manageable. Moreover, once a year is just not enough to keep the fun alive!]]> http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/07/movement-series-2-burning-man-enclaves-of-tomorrow/feed/ 0 http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/04/hope-and-fear-a-training-camp-for-the-future/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/04/hope-and-fear-a-training-camp-for-the-future/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:37:08 +0000 Lance http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/04/hope-and-fear-a-training-camp-for-the-future/ http://cliffypop.com/2007/02/04/hope-and-fear-a-training-camp-for-the-future/feed/ 0