Dear Constant Reader,
Happy Friday! Here’s your tip!
Strive to improve your art whenever you can.
Last night I had the incredible opportunity to watch the Cirque du Soliel show Luzia from backstage. Well, not actually backstage-backstage, but in the lounge area of the Artists’ tent. We could see the performance on a monitor, but the real show was all around us — the artists preparing. Sometimes that meant stretching or lifting weights, but mostly they were running their acts, sometimes over and over. Even after their set some of them continued working. During intermission I could watch the contortionist in an inhuman over-split while the strap and pole aerialists ran their moves on their respective apparatus and I could hear the juggler working just behind me. (The equipment set up in that tent was AMAZING!)
It was inspiring (and intimidating). And made me realized how much down time I waste when I could be using it to enhance my performance.
A big thanks to Lady Pepper Blossom for giving us the chance to see the circus from such a unique vantage point.
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