I Will Admit to Being a Freak

[melindadansky]

From Huff-Po:
You don't get it. You don't get what it's like to have 50,000 people circle around a wooden effigy, with 1000 people spinning fire and 500 more playing drums, all encircled by 200 art cars -- and then all roaring in unison as the effigy is set afire. You might think you get it, and it may scare or tempt or delight you, but I assure

Comments

[bruceb]

I had that kind of reaction as well. The fact is that I wouldn't be comfortable in a crowd of 50,000 doing anything at that level of intensity. (I've been in large marches/demonstrations a couple of times, but they were diffuse enough that it didn't get (for me) to that kind of ecstatic engagement.) I think there's a place for the experience of shared ecstasy, but for me, it's always going to be in smaller groups.

[melindadansky]

Yeah. That's kind of what I thought. I don't even like going to football games because that kind of crowd insanity scares the shit out of me.

[andelku]

What if you don't care if you get it?

[chezsci]

Burning Man? They're still doing that? I thought I noticed a little less patchouli in the air around here.

[melindadansky]

:-)

[rdansky]

Hmm. Lots of people yelling and making noise while something in the middle gets torched? Sounds like watching the Red Sox bullpen at Fenway, really.

(I kid, I kid...)

[melindadansky]

*smooch* No no no no no...Sports are The Man's tool. To Keep You Down. Burning Man is liberating.