168 HOURS; Art, music, birth, death, dust, heat and cold combine to make the Sunday to Sunday Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert a vacation for some, a rite of passage for others and a spiritual journey for many

Boise Weekly | September 14, 2005| | Copyright

It is cliche to say that words alone can't explain what Burning Man is like. But attempts to explain it abound on the Internet, in print and simply people talking about it. Words can be written. Pictures can be shown. Playa dust can be sniffed on the clothes, shoes and tents of those attending. Video (although discouraged) can show people moving around. But none capture the essence, the spirituality, the energy of actually attending Burning Man yourself.

This was my second of many years to come attending Burning Man. Last year I was told, "Burning man doesn't give you what you want, it gives ...

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