It was a funny remark coming from someone who clearly had no idea what happens in the desert at Burning Man, or why we're there. Most participants leave Black Rock City hoping to extend their experience and impatiently wait to return the following year.
Many people find their interests and behavior change after the event.
It's hard not to want such stimulation and creativity to continue after so connective an experience. It gradually dawned on me that many things we do before and after the event are a part of Burning Man's culture. Burning Man is not a select club or a clique or a closed subculture. It is a kind of tapestry, an ever-widening network of actions and relationships extending far beyond the place called Black Rock City. As a result, many of us have gained a way of looking at life that is similar.