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The definition of
community is a place where there is gift exchange. And the
converse of that would be, if you wish to destroy community, a
good way to do it is to turn all gift giving into commercial
exchanges. |
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You can have two
societies that have the same amount of wealth, if it
circulates as a gift it feels more abundant. |
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What has affected
social relations most powerfully is a gift economy. |
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Here in the 21st
Century we have created a world in which we are watching as a
parade of commodities passes before us - We have been turned
into spectators and stopped being actors. |
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When people are
expressing their art, they are expressing their spirit. |
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People find meaning
thru the various rituals here, they find a spiritual
connection to this land, to this barren forsaken desert and
the way in which it challenges them can be a very spiritually
moving rich experience. |
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Part of its success is
that it does not try and feed a message specifically, it
allows you to find your own meaning. |
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Part of the ethic of
Burning Man is to say that it is a very sick way to make
art and to live in the world - So one tries to have
participatory artistic practice. |
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We are all here for
the same reason, to experience each other. |
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The irony is that this
gift process actually produces wealth. |
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Who would have ever
thought the operation of gift giving would create an abundance
in this seared desert environment. |
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The irony is delicious
and the discovery is delightful. |
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The radicalness of it
is not that it is offensive or edgy or in your faceshocking - The radicalness of it is that it is coming straight
out of your heart and it is going public, where else do you
get that chance otherwise. |
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Volunteerism is very
important because it is the purest sense of giving. |
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When you give freely
without the guarantee of compensation, the reward is the
journey itself. |
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When you give a gift
you can't control it, you have to risk yourself. |
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We raised $6000,
rented an RV, bought 5000 bottles of water, drove across
country straight thru to hand out bottles of water. We came
out to show the style of giving is not free. Its giving that
is free. |
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Strangers...Connecting...Seeing...Receiving
Freely...Expressing...Gratitude...Thru Art
Volunteering...Growing....Abundant Community
Gifting
It...Transforming.... |
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