As I view God’s creation around me, amidst the order and the chaos, there is evidence of the spontaneous.
From my balcony the other day I watched as a black mass moved beneath the waters heading south, not far from the shore. Then appeared the fins of a pod of dolphins feeding in a splashing frenzy on that same shoal of fish. Soon the feeding party was joined by a flock of hovering and diving seagulls who partook of the crumbs left over from the dolphin’s dining table. But then within minutes they were gone. Spontaneous in appearance and spontaneous in disappearance. And yet what joy it gave both myself and my family as we accidentally came upon this scene.
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A young girl asked the tight ropewalker how he first became involved in his current profession.
His response was, ‘Can’t remember really, I think I just fell into it.’
Imagine yourself 20 metres (66 feet) above the ground on a platform, as thousands of faces watch and wait for you to perform. Now imagine taking a step, with only a 1/2-inch metal wire between you and the ground. Welcome to the world of high-wire.
High-wire’s roots are as old as ancient Egypt and first century China, where the art of “rope dancing” was performed over knives. In the 1850s, Jean Francois Gravelet “The Great Blondin” received world acclaim for cooking and eating an omelette (complete with stove and neatly set table) on a high-wire stretched over Niagara Falls.
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