The magician is at rest, and yet he still performs an act of magic by miraculously levitating above the ground. Green and blue blankets are piled above him, wrapping around the figure’s body. The poles create an interim shelter, and the figure’s home becomes the luscious surrounding landscape.
Even asleep, the magician holds his wand, which points to the signature top hat below. Like the Artist figure within Bak’s Figuring Out series, the magician’s wand is an extension of himself, and the most central aspect of his identity. Magic is an escape from reality for many, but for the magician it is his truth.
Lilly Harvey (Guest writer)
BAK a Day, January 13, 2024
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Levitating and resting. Another amazing Bak trick. Now you see it, now you do not!
Magic is an occupation for some. For others, it is an escape from reality.
Floating near the cloth covering of the Succah or the Chupah, each is a temporary shelter. Each referring to the safe confines of a house.
Our resting magician is held up by his baton which is based in his top hat. One of the support poles is sprouting leaves of a new growth. There is sense of suspended delight.
Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, February 17, 2023
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A floating hupah with a resting magician in his best Chagall-esque pose.
His top hat and wand connect him to the ground.
The tree trunk has sprouted a very healthy branch.
Some time ago we attended a wedding and the four support poles were, in fact, branches from a tree which had been planted upon the birth of the bride. Planting, growth and continuity.
All made possible by the resting Magician?
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