2026: Living Ritual

Forty years ago, on the summer solstice, an effigy was set aflame on Baker Beach. 

A simple act became a ritual.

The ritual became a culture, where we explored how we gather, revel, and grieve.  

We learned to love something enough to let it burn.

Now, we ask ourselves a question: 

With so much burning in the world today, what do we tend?

Burning Man taught us that ritual extends into governance, resilience, and generosity.
Community became a verb.

Now, we practice stewardship.

At Fly Ranch the practice is rooted. A culture that learned to build and burn has the capacity to build and sustain. 

What began as fire becomes soil. 

What was once temporary is asking to enter a longer arc of care. The invitation is no longer only to ignite, but to nourish.
This gathering invites us to steward seeds and systems that may not bear fruit until long after we are gone.
An act of deliberate patience. 

If the first forty years taught us how to let go, perhaps the next forty ask us how to stay.

Will you join us?