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I personally will never not trust my gut feeling.

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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I started with fire before I ever really knew I wanted to be a performer, it just seemed fun, and things moved from there. My first prop was staff.

But a lot of stuff happened over the years and I hardly spin any more, other than at said retreat. Ok the flip side, I've carved out a name for myself as a sideshow performer doing dangerous and grotesque things. Bed of nails, blockhead, mental floss, butterfly knives, stapling, etc. But my expertise is fire, so I tend to always do that when the venue allows.

Fun fact, I invented two fire eating moves :) One is a split tongue torch hold, the other I named a black hole sun

[-] AsheHole@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

That's all so awesome. Have you always been doing it for work or did you get into it later? Sorry for all the questions and no need to answer obviously, just fascinated by everyone's story in the industry. I'm too much of a chicken for much of your skills, but I love admiring it from the other side of the field. Hopefully one day our paths will cross in the performance world!

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It's not my full time gig, I have a day job that pays the bills since there's very little money in it unless you go private/corporate. But I do get side money from it in addition to artistic fulfillment.

Definitely hope to cross paths, circus is my lifeblood. Here's my permanently shadowbanned IG

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