“Painted and smiling, I balance on my trapeze. Luka is poised ten metres away, his muscles shining under the lights. The wooden circles in his earlobes twitch as his jaw clenches, unclenches, clenches.” CircusIslandTrapezeAcrobatAerialist Book:The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales Source: The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales
“The circus had been unlike anything I could ever imagine and I could not walk away. I wanted to be a part of the magic, create it and wield it with such skill that it looked effortless. I wanted to fly.” MagicCircusAerialist Book:Pantomime Source: Pantomime