I Am The 10P (NFS)

From the Nice & Not for Sale Collection

This Playa Jewelry design celebrates - and helps us recall - each of the 10 Principles we live by at Burning Man. The Principles are captured as acronyms on one side of this bold rectangular pendant. The "see through to you" cut-out of the Man is intentional, to reveal the wearer from within the piece.

Originally sculpted in 2015 when I served as a camp Principles Keeper. The theme was "Carnival of Mirrors" and I experienced the Burn as a Law of Attraction reader named Mirrora. It was a wonderful fun way to be interactive and give gifts of a game which led to a specific "reading" and charm which was attached to a wonderful keepsake (dust protected) print-out of the 10 Principles I created.

Learn more about me, my Playa designs and a wealth of incredible makers from Black Rock City at PlayaMakers online. 

Photo Notes

The pendant is shown here with my handcrafted 10 Principles Dress that I call, "Utopian Society in Black and White" which enjoyed some very fun recognition in the Center Camp DIY Fashion Show that year. I;m standing at The Artery in the photo, posing with the 10 Principles that make it all possible. 

About the Nice & Not for Sale Collection

Some things in life - and at A Nice World - aren’t for sale. It might be because they’re too sentimental, or one of a kind, or available exclusively through our beneficiaries. Or maybe they were made for a world (Burning Man) where nothing is for sale. This piece is one Nice example. 

The 10 Principles are best learned about at Burning Man online, see also below.

Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.

Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.

Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.

Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.

Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.

Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.

Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.

Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.