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Something interesting happened this weekend. On Sunday I didn’t get to take any of my breaks until about 4:15, which is pretty normal. I requested to wear a more comfortable outfit while I walked around the festival. Something that allowed my arms to be less constricted. Luckily an old costume that was made for me had already been pulled and it still looked fancy enough for a courtier. So during this time I walked the village, visited my friends that work at the booths, and talked to the crowds. All the while I was practicing my contact juggling (or sphereplay if you prefer). “Contact juggling might have been revitalized by Michael Moschen in the 80’s, but when the general public sees someone contact juggling they think of David Bowie in Labyrinth.” THE POINT OF THIS POST. Now admit it… all the jugglers/ performers out there read that statement and immediately wanted to blurt out the little known fact that David Bowie is not the one that is contact juggling in the movie. That it’s actually Michael Moschen doing all the work. I know this because until Sunday I would have done the same thing. Rewind to Sunday. While I was out on the street, a patron made the off handed comment, “So are you the goblin king?” Rather then correct them, I decided to have a bit of fun and pretend I had no idea what they where talking about. I asked them to explain why they though I was this Goblin King person. Surprised that I had never seen the movie, they told me all about who David Bowie was in the film and that he also did contact juggling. I thanked them for the information and said I would have to look into it. They gave me a very nice complement and went on there way. I left that interaction with a very positive feeling. What I learned is that it’s important not to spoil the illusion. People liked the movie and they liked seeing David Bowie with the crystal balls. Why should I be the one to spoil that for them? For what purpose does it serve? If your niece or nephew came to you and said, “The tooth fairy left me a dollar for my tooth.” Would you correct them with the fact that it was really there mother or father that left the dollar? Or when you favorite action hero jumps from one building to the next. Again would you spoil it by saying that it was actually the stunt man? So if anyone compares what I’m doing to something they saw in a movie, I’m just going to say, “Really? I haven’t seen it. Tell me about it.” Or “That’s interesting. I’ll have to look into it.” | 
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