Usually, when I walk on a wire, I inspect the anchor point on both sides before crossing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I walk on the wire; it's my profession, and there are no two high wire walks alike.
If there's a black cat that crosses the street in my path, I will turn around and walk 20 minutes out of my way to not cross it. You know how in New York there's a lot of scaffolding? I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck.
I don't think you cross the line - I think you move the line.
It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.
I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high.
When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it.
The wire is a safe place for me to be. The street is not. Life is not. It's a rigorous and simple path. It's straight. You don't have meanders like, you know, on the ground, in life.
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.
I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.
The best way to find out whether you're on the right path? Stop looking at the path.