#phillippe petit

[lyssahumana]

Phillippe Petit wire walking between the WTCs

[belacqui-pro-quo]

Philippe Petit, Artist of Life

Paul Auster on Philippe Petit, whose high-wire act is not an art of death but an art of life—and life lived to the very extreme of life.

[thats-the-way-it-was]

August 7 1974: French high-wire artist Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.

Photo: Faber & Faber

[dk-thrive]

The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace

The essential thing is to etch movements in the sky, movements so still they leave no trace. The essential thing is simplicity. That is why the long path to perfection is horizontal.

— Philippe Petit

[inbravesunlight]

Nobody falls halfway.

Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin

[cjsgoldfish]

today i watched the walk (about phillippe petit) and it’s honestly one of the best films i’ve ever seen, it’s visually stunning and everyone should watch it

[quicksiluers]

Welcome to New York, anything to declare?

I am going to hang a high-wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center and walk on it! 

Ha! GOOD LUCK. 

The Walk (2015) Directed by Robert Zemeckis

[carruth00]

Celebrating Philippe Petit -- magician, wire-walker, street artist, author, and the most intrepid athlete of our time..

In-depth article by Dave D'Alessandro for NJ.com

You probably have your own definition of athleticism, derived from some combination of skills that fits the traditional model. If you happen to rate athletic achievement by physical talent, strength, coordination, flexibility, dedication, body control and courage, a few guys stand out.

Those leather-lunged lunatics who climb Mount Everest without the aid of oxygen always come to mind first. If you think anyone can do that, offer them A-Rod’s money for incentive and his juice packs for energy. They still have a better chance of being eaten by a Yetti before they reach Base Camp.

But we also think of Philippe Petit, because in its purest form, courage is character, and character trumps everything -- even in sport, where no victory can be as satisfying as one teetering on cataclysmic failure...

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