My art has inspired more art! As an artist, that’s a great feeling. Clearsight Productions has done a fantastic job in telling the Burning Man story in countercultural context with this excellent new documentary.
Burning Man is an annual event held at Black Rock city in the Nevada desert. This documentary film explores to connections between the CIA, Pentagon, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, the occult, Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley, LSD, mind control, transhumanism, neo-pagan rituals, the counter-culture
Kudos also to The Dudermensch who got there first with this wonderful highlight reel tribute:
The concept in 1987 was dreamed up as therapy for PTS from an auto accident by Marshall Lyons, an Arborist from San Francisco and his partner John Bogard, a potter from the local Black Rock area. Larry Harvey was a landscape gardener in San Francisco at the time.
Many Burners would tell you that hallucinogenic drugs play a big part in why art “thrives” in Black Rock City. Others might point to Silicon Valley having too much money. Decide for yourself…
