Our own Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman made his stance clear when he lectured to undergraduates at Caltech: he knew that most of the students in the room would never become professional physicists, and yet he taught to the level of the most gifted students there…
Just as there are mathematicians who buy lottery tickets in the hope that they might win, and devout scientists who believe in God or in religion, people can believe in things for which there is no objective evidence, or, more plainly, in things that are not true and that they know are not true.…
Very few things are truly important. I believe this is a fundamental truth of life, and at the same time, the core of any strategy in expression...…
Lately, for certain reasons, I have been studying printing and textiles (which are closely related to aerial silks too). My studies are at the level of high school chemistry or reading catalogs from fabric and textile manufacturers at most, yet both printing and textiles are profound...…
People often say, "Safety First." They’re lying. (*1) If we truly prioritized safety above all else, we wouldn’t be exploring Mars. We wouldn’t be launching manned rockets, we wouldn’t drive cars, and we certainly wouldn’t participate in a sport as inherently dangerous as aerial silks...…
Apparently, an aerialist who wears gloves on the silks is a rare breed. Whether in studios in Tokyo or Los Angeles, the reaction was always the same: "I've never seen anyone do aerial silks in gloves before." Even veteran performers with 20 or 30 years in the industry told me it was a first for...…
I’m still in the dark about what the industry standard is for aerial silks, but I once heard from a high-level former figure skater that in their sport, it is common to have multiple coaches rather than just one. To be more precise, you don’t just run with a coach; you run alongside an entire...…
It’s been six months since I took my final bow on the aerial silks. To be clear, it’s not as if I’ve said a final, permanent farewell. As long as I possess a healthy body, I might still find myself reaching for the silks—not to present a completed work to the world, but as one might write in a...…