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vuzhfurther thoughts:
So many people were very much in awe of R*****, I have seen it in people's eyes when I tell them where I work, I still see it in people's eyes, even those who work for the company currently. My opinions about his art are well documented here, but many people thought it was magical and inspiring.
In reflection about this and my lack of emotion about his dying, and lack of emotion when viewing the show that was his funeral service, I realize that I have always been on the ugly, mechanical side of R*****... I've always worked to make his illusions appeal to those who are taken with him, I know what quantity and quality of bullshit is required to prop R***** up.
At the church we sat, inadvertently, directly next to the audio/visual board op station, and during the service, the most oddly moving thing I witnessed was one of the board operators fumbling with the controls of the slideshow and accidentally stopping the slides before they were supposed to stop, instead of starting another song, which he intended to do. No one noticed because when the music and slides stopped the next speaker took his cue.
You can not be moved by magic when you know how it's done, you can only admire or critique its execution.
So many people were very much in awe of R*****, I have seen it in people's eyes when I tell them where I work, I still see it in people's eyes, even those who work for the company currently. My opinions about his art are well documented here, but many people thought it was magical and inspiring.
In reflection about this and my lack of emotion about his dying, and lack of emotion when viewing the show that was his funeral service, I realize that I have always been on the ugly, mechanical side of R*****... I've always worked to make his illusions appeal to those who are taken with him, I know what quantity and quality of bullshit is required to prop R***** up.
At the church we sat, inadvertently, directly next to the audio/visual board op station, and during the service, the most oddly moving thing I witnessed was one of the board operators fumbling with the controls of the slideshow and accidentally stopping the slides before they were supposed to stop, instead of starting another song, which he intended to do. No one noticed because when the music and slides stopped the next speaker took his cue.
You can not be moved by magic when you know how it's done, you can only admire or critique its execution.
