i know alot of people are really dissapointed about this years burningman theme because they dont want to be bombarded with red white and blue and overwhelming amounts of anti political/ corporate satire. i dont want to be emersed in all that either but i think there are some aspects of this theme that have been overlooked .
i think more of the intention for this year is to look at our country in the whole spectrum of light and dark. to confront the things that we have helped create in this society and look into ourselves and decide how we want to change this. what we as individuals can do to actually make change in the system.
instead of just making fun of the icons of america that we so much despise why not acknowlede some american icons that have made change and inspire us. i think those of us that despise so much of our country often forget some of the amazing expression that has been created on american soil. jazz for example, blues , burningman.
right now in the world there is this strange duality of people hating our country but also being completly obsessed with our culture. we have a massive influence in the world with the trends and pop culture we create. i think we are living in an exciting time to shitft paradigms and start really forming our society into something that we can actually relate to as the american dream. the traditional sense of the american dream hasn't existed for a while but we do live in a land of opportunity and from that we do have the freedom to create a life that we belive is worth living.
we all come out to the playa to experiance how we would like to live for one week out of the year then we go back to our jobs our lives and once in a while those nostalgic burningman memories seep in and help us through our day. i dont know what it is or how it is going to be created but thats why we are all here together to build the new dream we are already just starting to live.

if anyone hasn't read the statement for this years theme on the burningman website i strongly encourage you to
burningman.com/art_of_bur..._theme.html