As you taught us, all that is wonderful, creative and lively, is also impermenant!
Our friend and founder Larry Harvey passed away on April 28, 2018. Every year, in honor of his legacy, the worldwide Burning Man community holds a Global Celebration and Day of Gratitude on June 20 — the solstice, when the first Man was burned on Baker Beach in 1986.
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With much love from all of us at Burning Man Project.
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Forever changed
The Mutant Harry Larvae
Larry would want us to go on
The sadness we feel now may never truly leave us nor will the me.ory of Larry but i am sure he would want us to celebrate his life not mourn it.... my soul hurts for losing his energy amongst us but as we draw close and send Larry off to his next adventure we can feel him among us we have a candle lit to light his pat and we will celebrate tonight with a bonfire and spinning fire He ...Read More
Welcome Home Larry
Thank you!!! ...Read More
The scariest interview I ever did
In 2005, literally as Hurricane Katrina was slamming into New Orleans, I arrived at Larry Harvey's trailer to interview him for Wired. I'd been promised 30 minutes. As I stepped into the trailer, I was about to ask my first question when Larry launched into a soliloquy. Half an hour later, he was still going when there was a knock at the door, and his assistant stuck her head in to say our time was up. I was terrified. I ...Read More
Larry called me out on my shit
Leading up to the first Regionals summit in 2006, some of us regional leads had been bitching on the email list about some or other issue I don't remember well now. I recall that my own positions were about as flamey and self righteous as I've ever been in an email. At the summit, Larry discussed the matter with us, and particularly the attitude evident in some of us. I'll never forget him pointing out "the vitriol" in some our ...Read More
Larry gave me a purpose
Thank Larry for the best city in the world. It resonates in my heart and finds a way into my dreams every single night. It has become an integral part of life and I am eager to be more envolved. Burning man is a purpose, a sense of belonging and moreover a privilege. I am forever grateful xxx ...Read More
RESTING IN PEACE
He was one hell of a character, I met him in Petaluma Ca. when I was working on the Temple for 2016, and he came up and we introduced each other and he asked me to tell him a story about the Playa and I related a story about have grown up in Northern Nevada and we as a family used to go camping out there in late spring or early fall and being 7 yrs old and sitting in ...Read More
Thanks for making this world a better place. Rest in peace!
Thank you, thank you! ...Read More
1997
His childhood dream
I drove Larry to the burn the year of 'floating world' and insisted we camp at Pyramid lake so he could float. He was telling me about a childhood dream he had a one night after driving with his parents on a camping trip and watching the telephone poles go by. In his 10 year old mind he was thinking about people's voices on the telephone traveling just as fast as they were driving. Well that night he dreamt that ...Read More
My Moment with Larry
Larry Harvey and the 19th-Century British Novel
As I think back about the interactions I have had with Larry, for some reason one that particularly stands out was a conversation that he hand with Josie and me sometime right after the office moved to 6th and Market. He was hanging around the BRAF office waiting for Tomas and was carrying a worn copy of an Anthony Trollope novel (was it The Way We Live Now?). I asked him about it because, not knowing him much at the ...Read More
Best babysitter ever
I was lucky to spend a lot of time with Larry, arguing over art theories and grant applications, all with love and respect. But one of my favorite memories of Larry was with my son, Zach, also known as Little Man. My son had a lot of health problems when he was an infant. He felt terrible, and would cry a lot. I have a vivid memory of Larry holding Zach, dancing around with him, patting him on the back ...Read More
Bringing Your New Love to Burning Man
At Esalen 2016, everyone at the retreat was broken up into small groups to discuss very heady stuff for some long stretch of time, and I had the profound honor — and risk — of being in the same group as Larry. I had gotten pretty comfortable talking about heady Burning Man stuff by that point, but I’d never really held forth in front of Larry, and I began to realize I might be in some professional jeopardy if he didn’t ...Read More
All the best
Hi Larry, Thank you for all that you've done to inspire us through art, self-expression, and community. Sending you lots of love and prayers and good thoughts. We are all wishing you well and to get better soon! With love, Annie ...Read More
Me and Larry the Fairy Shrimp
Hi, I’m Larry
About 6 months after I started working at HQ, I ran into Larry in the elevator. I knew who he was, of course, but we had never been introduced or spoken beyond the polite "hi" in passing. Naturally, as a starry-eyed young acolyte, I seized the opportunity and introduced myself. "Hi! I don't think we've ever been introduced. I'm Anselm, I work in the tech department." And he gave me that toothy grin, and said "Hi, I'm Larry." How do ...Read More
Larry and the Super-Guayabera
