My Burning Man Experience

By Wander with Jill

September 11^th, 2015

I had been wavering to go to Burning Man for the past few months. I told myself that if I was lucky enough to get tickets during the final OMG sale that I would go. During this sale only 1000 tickets are available so the chances are very slim to none. The sale took place on August 5th and I made sure to be ready… to my luck I was able to get through and purchase my ticket. I took it as a sign that I really was meant to go to Burning man to experience it for my second time. I had gone last year with my best friend but we only went for 4 days rather then the whole week, so I felt like I had missed out on a lot. Here are some of the photos from my weeklong experience in Black Rock City….

The man

The beautiful man stood 60 ft tall in the middle of it all.

the art Installations

The playa is full of art installations…but you have to find them. The images below are some of the beautiful pieces I discovered. This years theme was about mirrors and masks, mazes and merger. It will be a kind of magic show that takes the form of an old-fashioned carnival. This Carnival of Mirrors asks three essential questions: within our media-saturated world, where products and people, consumption and communion morph into an endlessly diverting spectacle, who is the trickster, who is being tricked, and how might we discover who we really are?

In order by image 1. Brainchild by Michael Christian 2. Giant Kaleidoscope by David Abraham & David Fradkin 3. Mars Molecule by Mario Martinez 4. R-Evolution by Marco Cochrane 5. Axayacoatl by Capra J‘neva, Firebulb 6. Penny the Goose by Mr and Mrs Ferguson 7. Bismuth Bivouac by Jonathan Leung 8. Totem of Confessions by Michael Garlington 9. LOVE by Alexandr Milov 10. “DREAM“ by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg

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The Parties

While Burning Man embodies many great things, from a celebration of temporary community among humans, an exhibition of amazing and innovative grand-scale art… some of the best parties also happen to take place here. I was able to catch Skrillex playing for Robot Heart one morning. I also happened to be a member of the Disco Knights camp which had a stellar line up of DJs that included Dyed Soundorom, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, & more playing every morning. Pink Mammoth, Distrikt & Celtic Chaos were my favorite daytime party destinations. I partied less this year due to the cold weather & dust storms but I was able to catch a few amazing sets.

Im not sure If I will return to Burning Man next year just because I want to travel more, but Im glad I was able to experience a full week on the playa with both old and new friends. The weather stopped me from exploring more but even so I still got to see & experience so many beautiful things, and that alone made it all worth it.