Name: Mark
Age: 48

Where do you call home? Ventura, CA. Originally from NY, Southern California has been home for 25 years.

Been to Burning Man before? 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Camped with PolyParadise before? My second, returning from last year.

Volunteer on the Playa? My first three years I camped with and helped run a dungeon on the playa, lots of fun, lots of work. Last year I volunteered as a Stage Manager at Center camp, this year I’ll be back at Center Camp and volunteering with Temple Guardians..

Why Burning Man? I had wanted to go to Burning Man since 1996. Having lived so much of my life to others expectations (or what I assumed them to be), in Burning Man I saw, in part, an opportunity to find and be myself.

Why do you keep going back? I go back for the people, the art, the music, the experiences I don’t have anywhere else; I go back for the temple, for the vacation from advertising, and because there’s more to experience, enjoy, and learn.