An enthralling juggler reflects on his creative process

 

Michael Moschen is a professional juggler. He can be seen in some Cirque de Sole clips. Here at TED he talks about his creative process, where ideas come from, and shows ideas he is working on. This presentation is not a full on performance, and the amount of chat probably means it is too long for most classes. Pick out the interesting bits. It is interesting to talk about elements where creativity makes all the difference (such as the way he manipulates the curved "knives" towards the end) and where a highly complex physical skill is involved as well (foot juggling, juggling inside a triangular prism). You can also locate various Cirque de Sole clips on YouTube but for a better result you can purchase them in HD.

Magic with three iPhones and your mind

In this video Marco Tempest creates a reflection about deception by using a combination of sleigh of hand and three iPhones that he says he has borrowed. I can only presume he has installed an app on each that runs different video on each iPad but syncronises all the apps. Have a look and see what you think!

In the classroom (apart from the Aaaahh! value) there are some interesting ideas to come to grips with, such as Debussy's claim that music is a deception that allows us to share real emotions.

Andrew Lack