Comments on: Tale of a Burning Man keepsake

CNET News.com reporter reveals the lengths he's gone to to secure a beautiful clay pendant at the annual desert festival.
Photos: Burning Man treasure

[geoffmccabe]

I have a 1998 pendant for you

I'm the original designer/creator of the Alien Love Nest Pendants and have one for you. Contact me at [e-mail]

[2cool4tom]

kudos to you both

Wow, talk about goosebumps! A charming piece of literary information with a delightful ending. Kudos to you both for revealing how wonderful life really is. How refreshing. Let the spirit of Burning Man burn on!!

A friend of a friend gave me this website to look at the BM 2006 pictures, I couldn't download the website but persevered and somehow got connected to your story.

I am sure you'll prize you new luck charm.

[dznr]

Don't obsess over material objects from Burning Man

One thing that I've learned from Burning Man is to accept that all things are impermanent. Another thing is that Burning Man is definitely not about acquiring and collecting commemorative "swag" (a.k.a. "schwag").

Fetishizing objects from Burning Man is a sickness that you've carried over from the "default" world. Let it go, man. Enjoy your time on the playa. Get a pendant on the playa as a gift, and wear it in good health. But be careful not to fall into the typical pattern of Mittle Amerika: obsessive collecting of material objects.

To seek out a pendant off-playa is to fail to learn one of the playa's primary lessons: you cannot own this art, and you cannot make permanent what you feel on the playa. Burning Man's beauty is in its randomness and its exceptionalism. You're missing a 1998 pendant? So what? You're life is beautiful and complete without it. Your quest to acquire the object devalues the item, and stains your experience of Burning Man.

[HelloCobra]

Did you ever find the 98?