Trad Sevin

Mar 25, 2024 | devoidmagazine.org | Victoria Koelkebeck |Trad Sevin

There’s a moment of displacement in flying trapeze where you’re forced to fall in faith. It follows your jump from the top, after you’ve expelled every ounce of power and thrown your trick, when you hear the catcher shout, “Hup!” and you just…let go. In this moment, the sky holds you. There’s no turning back and the landscape swirls around so much you can’t tell up from down. If your hands are sweaty, the chalk consumes.