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                                 November   5, 2007

Now here is where I planned on
presenting notes toward a saner,
more intelligent criticism of
things Burning Man.                                 MUSICAL_CURATORS

  Um.

  Following on from what I've already said:

  Need to recognize that
  "perfection is the enemy of
  the good", and so on.

  But remember that the knee-jerk
  repetitive criticisms may have a
  kernel of truth buried in them,
  however hard it is to dig out.

    Possibly: take seriously the notion
    that it's some sort of "experiment".

    What might the hypothesis be?

    What's been proved?


    If you think of it as
    experiments in 'designs
    for living', what would be
    the next refinement in the
    designs?


                  Many of these things,
                  the BMORG is working on
                  in one respect or another.


                  Spread the fire:

                  The "regionals":
                  satellite events.                 Last year's
                                                    focus on
                  Black Rock Arts Foundation,       carbon
                  bringing the art                  indulgences.
                  to a wider audience.



     I think that Harvey and co
     are perhaps uncomfortable
     with the rigid separation
     between Black Rock and
     commerce, and are looking
     for some sort of
     compromise, some sort of
     hybrid.

       Hence this last year's
       silly attempts at
       green product demos,      The Green Fest does
       with names and logos      this already....
       prohibited.
                                     Next step: the distinction
                                     between advertisement and
                                     underwriting made in the
                                     radio broadcasting world,
                                     with all the attendant
                                     weaselly waffling, pushing
                                     limits of what can be
                                     called "underwriting".

         RULING_OUT_RULERS




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