Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Hanging in the balance.....!


There was a gasp as the 700 strong audience in the spiegeltent breathed in as one, for the next what seemed like an hour but in reality was about fifteen minutes all eyes were glued to the spectacle before us. Beginning by balancing a feather on the end of a branch and continually adding to it until it almost took on the shape of a giant ribcage reaching out over the front rows..finally resting the whole structure on a centre piece (you can see the finale here) the 'maestro of concentration' stepped back, smiled, went up on his toes and blew the feather off causing the whole erection to collapse :) Oh and btw I made a mistake yesterday, I read that the stage where all this awesomeness occurs is actually two meters round not three, incroyable oui! Can it be Wednesday already..is it possible my kitchen is still in bits..yes, yes it is possible :)) take care.....

27 comments:

  1. ??? How'd he do that??? After seeing something like this, do you ever wonder where he got the idea and what it was like to practice til he got it to work???

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  2. PS...re: the kitchen....breathe in....breathe out...this too shall pass!!!

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  3. I've seen that on tv! A japanese woman made it, and it was simply incredible!Fabulous!

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  4. The colors and light are very nice...... good post Grace.

    Greetings, Joop

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  5. Almost incredible... and great photos of the event!

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  6. That is amazing and one does indeed wonder where the idea came from!! Terrific capture, Grace!. As for the kitchen, I'm with The Chieftess, take time to breathe, life will be back to normal soon -- well, whatever normal is??? I'm not sure any more, at least about mine anyway!!!

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  7. I was going to say that it looked like our Absinthe, in a tent in front of Caesar's Palace, but that web site is titled Spiegelworld so it seems the shows are related. Waiting for it to cool down a bit before going, but it looks like fun.

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  8. ooooh kitchen renos huh. Hang in there you will love the end result. :)

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  9. PS: I will, expect pics of this reno - oui?

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  10. Crikey, how is that even possible? :-)

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  11. Impressive and full of elasticity and balance.
    Very good pictures.
    Hugs and kisses.

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  12. Creating magic before one's eyes! Or at least the semblance of magic. Amazing!

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  13. 2 m only, wow, you were practically right in there, Grace! Wow! Wish we had something like that over here, little Niece´d be fascinated! (well, me, too!)
    (P.S.... don´t cry about my comment on yours on the camel-ride...)

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  14. This is like magic! Amazing what an experience to be there.

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  15. Looks like you had a good seat for the show. Magic.

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  16. It is nice to see such suspense in a feat of balance without a human being at risk of injury or worse.

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  17. I watched that video it was amazing. That really must have been something to see in person.

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  18. What would have happened if he had to sneeze?

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  19. Go to photograph the act eh......hmmmm?

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  20. Now that takes skill!

    Great photos, Grace!

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  21. This is the kind of performance I can only watch as a rerun, when I know everything went as planned. :)

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  22. You see the concentration.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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