I have a lot of time for illusionists. My respect began back when I was a child, where I was always fascinated by TV magicians. However, it wasn't until my graduation ball that I finally met an illusionist face-to-face and had to take my metaphorical hat off to this rather odd breed of individual.
If you've never seen an illusionist at work first hand, I can only suggest you go and do so. There's something sobering about someone pulling one elastic band straight through another that's firmly wrapped around your fingers and from right under your nose...
David Blaine is one such illusionist that I have admired for a while now. His street card tricks are second to none and I wouldn't deny him the publicity he has deserved as a result. However, I'm not really convinced by his current antic, suspended in a perspex box close to the River Thames. Not only does it seem rather pointless, but I'm not sure that acting as a target for the local golfers was ever his intention.
In case you've been hiding in a perspex box these last few weeks, I'll recap. David Blaine, renowned illusionist has decided to hole up in a box suspended in the air and close to the Thames for 44 days with only water to keep him going. The exact reasoning is actually rather unclear. I mean, if he were doing this for some religious purpose or to see if he could pull off what numerous Indian Fakirs have done for centuries, then I could see a modicum of point. However, all he seems to have done prior to this little stunt is to outline what happens to the human body when it's denied food.
