2005 Art Theme, Psyche

This year's Burning Man theme is in. It's 'Psyche'.

And The Man will be on top of a funhouse, and rotating. If only they'd add an ass or a cock so we could tell which direction he was facing.

"The figure will be raised upon a pedestal with four stout spokes protruding from its base. By pushing on these poles participants may turn the Burning Man, slowly rotating the 4-storey figure that looms over them. Those who labor at this turnstile will be physically connected to its sovereign axis, the irreducible core of the "I". But for many other citizens throughout our city, this fitful movement of the Man will feel erratic and profoundly disconcerting. Is "I" a king of consciousness or motley fool? The answer will depend entirely on one's point of view."

The Conscious, the Subconscious and the Unconscious

Imagine the brain, that shiny mound of being, that petit tyrant inside a ball of bone, that mouse grey parliament of cells, that little everywhere, that fickle pleasuredrome, that wrinkled wardrobe of selves...
Diane Ackerman
-- An Alchemy of Mind

This year's theme explores psychology: self-expression, self-reflection and the unconscious power of dreams. For this purpose, we'll divide a portion of the playa into zones, each relating to a different region of the mind."

And kudos to finally giving those of us who become unconscious to have a place of our own.