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Funny thing is, Anthony Gatto was brought up in a circus family and went on to become the world's best technical juggler (based on endurance at high numbers, in

by lambda 3y ago

Funny thing is, Anthony Gatto was brought up in a circus family and went on to become the world's best technical juggler (based on endurance at high numbers, incredibly difficult technical tricks, and overall consistency rather than just a few one-off record attempts), but eventually got bored of juggling and decided to quit and start a business doing concrete countertop installation. I did a bunch of juggling in college, and several of my friends went on to do circus arts professionally. Generally they went into more acrobatics oriented arts than juggling; seems like juggling itself is not quite as interesting to audiences as it is to the jugglers.

Prcmaker 3y ago
I remember learning about Gattos shift of career. He was someone me and my friends would watch with admiration. When we learned he'd stopped, we were disappointed, but didn't question it.
- cookie_monsta 3y ago
  I don't question any career change (done it 4 times myself) but I do find it interesting when someone moves from working with their passion (and you have to be passionate to get world-class at anything) to what is almost certainly just a paycheck gig. I mean, he could be passionate about concrete benchtops, but what are the chances?
  - Prcmaker 3y ago
    Your passion can also be soul destroying, or body destroying. Friends who have left the industry often site career-ending injuries, or that they were on track for a permanent disability.
Prcmaker 3y ago
Oh, and to tour other point, I noticed a gap between juggling and juggling performance. There's an article elsewhere in this post on Gatto, that sums up quite well how audience perception of difficulty is quite limited. This impacts a juggling performance severely, but has no impact on someone who likes to juggle. I suppose the same could be said of a lot of things though, without a technical eye, a lot of Olympic competitions are impressive, but I can't tell good from better.

by lambda 3y ago

Prcmaker 3y ago

I remember learning about Gattos shift of career. He was someone me and my friends would watch with admiration. When we learned he'd stopped, we were disappointed, but didn't question it.

cookie_monsta 3y ago
I don't question any career change (done it 4 times myself) but I do find it interesting when someone moves from working with their passion (and you have to be passionate to get world-class at anything) to what is almost certainly just a paycheck gig. I mean, he could be passionate about concrete benchtops, but what are the chances?
- Prcmaker 3y ago
  Your passion can also be soul destroying, or body destroying. Friends who have left the industry often site career-ending injuries, or that they were on track for a permanent disability.

Prcmaker 3y ago

Oh, and to tour other point, I noticed a gap between juggling and juggling performance. There's an article elsewhere in this post on Gatto, that sums up quite well how audience perception of difficulty is quite limited. This impacts a juggling performance severely, but has no impact on someone who likes to juggle. I suppose the same could be said of a lot of things though, without a technical eye, a lot of Olympic competitions are impressive, but I can't tell good from better.