“Temple of Promise” by Jazz Tigan and the Dreamers Guild (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless noted) The playa is never silent; you adapt quickly to the spectrum of ceaseless noise, ...

After thousands of people were stranded for days in foot-deep mud because of heavy rains at Burning Man, the annual event has come to an end. About 73,000 people attended the event this year at Nevada ...