The New Man Burned. An Oil Rig Blew Up. People Got Arrested
by Judith Lewis
September 2, 2007 3:37 PM
Not all of the 48,000 some people who showed up at Burning Man this year are happy. Take this guy, for instance, kissing his girlfriend goodbye as he gets hauled away in handcuffs, presumably for drugs. There's been a fair amount of that.
The man accused of burning the Man on Tuesday morning has become an anti-hero martyr here: An art installation meant to bring Astor Place to the Playa has been plastered with "Free Paul!" graffiti, as have several shade structures. Paul Addis, a playwright from San Francisco, is in custody.
The Man burned fine last night, as did "Crude Awakening," a 90-foot effigy of an oil rig complete with supplicants made of steel. It exploded in a mammoth mushroom cloud of propane fuel. Fossil fuel. Then we danced around it to celebrate its destruction. Contemplate the irony.
(Photo by Michael Tracey)
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