Thursday, 20 September 2012

Engagements of Kindred Spirits




Birthdays are spent at the cirque; occasions normally spent at family dinners are spent in the labyrinth of tents and caravans and platforms of the cirque. Treats from vendors selling in the mirror crescent are wrapped as present in tissue paper and carefully tucked away in pockets, brought to eager children or saved for festivities at all hallow’s eve and Christmas. Wedding proposals take place in the Ghost Grove with engagement rings of silver, moonstone and diamond. The circus is more than an attraction to these ardent patrons, it is an escape, a home away from home, and their hearts call to it. 

Text by Lucie MacAulay

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