tk (gratitude day 13)

for a friend, a travel companion, a cat-sitter extraordinaire, a drinking pal, a trapeze partner.

and this. the reason we do these crazy things, hanging from each other's hands. The grace. The bringing in to being.

We talked about the fact... by Robert Lax We talked about the fact that it wasn't the danger, it wasn't the skill, it wasn't the applause that made the act what it was. It was principally the grace; the bringing into being, for a moment, the beautiful thing, the somersault, the leap, the entrechat on horseback. The skill, of course, has something to do with it. It is pleasant to know you can do anything so difficult. It is good when you have mastered it, and you are really in competition with yourself. "When we make a mistake in the ring we are very angry. The audience doesn't know, but we know." But it is a pleasure to do anything so difficult and do it gracefully. "We talked about the fact..." by Robert Lax from Circus Days & Nights. © The Overlook Press.