Since 2005, I have had the honor of working with the legendary Rod Garrett on the design of “The Man”, the centerpiece of the Burning Man Festival.
This means I am the third to know the theme (after Larry Harvey and Rod) and the first along side Rod to see the design for the years coming Man. I was pledged to keep this a secret until this years Man topples burning into the fire.
So…. Next years theme for 2011 will be “Rites Of Passage”, and this is what we have come up with for the design of the Man.
In observance of this years theme, the Man is in the unique pose of being in mid stride rather than standing upright as in the previous 25 years. Burners will enter one side of the bifurcated pyramid and after ascending a tower of stairs pass between the Mans legs before descending on the other side.