“At Diner en Blanc, it was the clothes that were white and the people who were of every color. I don't believe it's a coincidence. When the social code is spelled out, when it is turned into a one-night-only game, you don't have to know certain unsaid things, you don't have to have been raised in a certain way, you don't have to be steeped in a certain culture, you don't have to have parsed decades' worth of social cues. You just need to be told tonight's rules. This is the bargain that the rules-based gatherer offers: if you accept a greater rigidity in the setup of the event, the gatherer will offer you a different and much richer freedom—to gather with people of all kinds, in spite of your own gathering traditions.”
Gathering, Facilitation, Ritual Design