today the part of the oracle will be played by jess

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A guy named Garrett Lisi brought the oracle booth to Burning Man in 2000, and I asked him many questions, including "How did you get to be the oracle?"

"Last year I asked the guy who was the oracle that very same question -- he replied.

"You need to take a turn as the oracle now," he told me.

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A guy named Garrett Lisi brought the oracle booth to Burning Man in 2000, and I asked him many questions, including "How did you get to be the oracle?"

"You know, last year I asked the guy who was the oracle that very same question," he replied. "And he told me that I should be the oracle."

"You need to take a turn as the oracle now," he told me.

It rained excessively that year -- impeding my oracular ability for several days -- but I returned on Saturday before the burn to spend 3 or 4 hours answering people's questions. "You need to always listen to everyone seriously," was the advice Garrett gave me before I started my shift. Being the oracle was one of my favorite Burning Man experiences of the past 6 years. As far as I know, no one has returned to the playa with the oracle booth since 2000, so I'm going to re-start the tradition this year.

NOTE: Because the Burning Man 2005 theme was Psyche, I decided to title the booth "Psychiatric Help," modeled -- of course -- after Lucy's psychiatric help booth from the Peanuts comic strip. Lucy charged 5 cents and I was charging 0 cents.

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joff says:

You are so the Oracle.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

mauitian says:

Well done, grasshopper.

-Garrett
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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