Here's another video of my buddy Charlie Frye, this time showing him juggling five clubs in slow-motion. A few years ago, Amber and I were in Las Vegas and we visited Charlie and his spectacular spouse Sherry in the home where they live when not touring the globe.
We were in this room and I asked Charlie if he could show Amber a video or two of his performances since she'd never seen him, as I have so many times, on stage. Instead, he picked up clubs and other props and put on a full show for us and it was, of course, amazing.
In my life, I am surrounded by people who do things very, very well: Voice actors who can sound like anyone, artists who produce incredible drawings, magicians who can make you think you're watching real magic, puppeteers who can bring cloth and foam to life, etc.
I can do a little (very little) of some of these things and that, I think, gives me an extra appreciation for those who take them to a much, much higher level. How do you do what Charlie does here? It probably requires a certain innate ability which some of us just plain weren't born with…but it also requires decades of devotion and practice…