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(noun) An explanation or critical interpretation.
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wThursday, May 15, 2003 |
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Despite being 20 minutes late, I became utterly smitten with Varekai the moment I finally stepped into the big top. It was just as Icarus was reminiscing about his flight, while straining and precariously hanging from the net that held him up high above the stage, when I became immediately enchanted by the experience. Throughout the show, if I wasn't in spine-tingling anticipation or giggling at the comic relief acts, I was thoroughly mesmerized by the blissful marriage of image, movement and sound. As the Cirque puts it, Varekai shows the world that "something else is possible and that will triumphs over all else." Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of The Matrix and other movies of that ilk. But there's just something about seeing a fellow human being, breathing the same air as you, doing something that defies convention without any help from a computer that's just natively intoxicating and inspiring. It's like when they rise above the circumstances, you are right there with them because your spirit instinctively reached out. I lack more words to properly explain it, but in short, I feel like I can fly right now.
posted by
Angie at 11:58 PM
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