David Blaine Accomplishments
The 39 year old magician, David Blaine, pushed the limits of the human scale one
more time and shocked audiences with his new stunt Electrified: One Million
Volts Always On . Once again, he challenged his audience to question the definition
of real and unreal, possible and impossible, standing on a 22 foot high platform,
surrounded by seven Tesla coils for 73 hours without food or sleep. The
performance took place on Pier 54 in New York City, October 5th through 8th. It
was open to the audience and was free of charge. The combination of endurance,
science, music, beautiful lightening, and live interaction made this experience
truly inspirational and magical. David Blaine took magic to another level in a
unique way; he transitioned close up street magic into an endurance art. Bill
Kalush, Blaine s friend, fellow magician, and writer says: Endurance art almost
didn t exist before David (Electrified). But what makes him find the beauty in
danger, what drives him to test the limits of the human body through these death
defying acts? He previously buried himself alive for seven days (April 5, 1999), was
encased in a block of ice for 64 hours (November 27, 2000), held his breath under
water for 17 minutes, and spent 44 days in a glass box (September 5,... Show more
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Through his own example, he teaches and shows us us how to break stereotypes,
dream big and ambitiously, re examine the perspective on traditional patterns and
concepts, and believe in the hidden potential of our bodies and the limitless power of
the mind. In the end of the day, it is not even really achieving the goal, it is also that
journey getting there. Let s say you want to climb the mountain, it is not really
getting to the top, but to get the impossible object, and then the Training, the Time,
the Courage, the Risks, the Failure all that stuff it is what s amazing in everything
(What s Possible Part