Eng 101
Prof: Conners
Essay 1, Draft 1
9/28/2015

Art is the beautiful thing created by human whatever it is messy or beautiful. People express their creative skill and imagination, and try to bewitch other people to their works. It is art. I watched the documentary that there is a man, Mr. Philippe Petit, walked on the wire that connected between towers at height a hundred and ten stories. He created art through his skill, bewitched everybody who saw his walk. His imagination and passion is almost impossible for other people. Is it art? Yes, tightrope walk between the Twin Tower is very creative and significant art. To create art, of course, people need to take time to build their skill. It didn’t happen over a night. What do you think of Mr.Petit’s tightrope walking? His creative skill and imagination are amazing. Mr. Petit spent most of the time to build his skill. He failed several times, but he never gave up. He went back and forth from his country to New York to create his art. He devoted all his efforts into it for his whole life. He has a great passion, perseverance. We could see it. It is a lot more difficult to create his art than any other arts. His imagination is different from any others. He did something that might be a dream for others. His creation isn’t normal. He bet his life to create his art. It is a signification art. As an artist, his job is to immerse his viewers into a world that he has built. In the book, ‘let the great world spin’, by Colum McCann, he described that how people were gripped by the tightrope walking. “They found themselves in small groups together beside the traffic lights on the corner of Church and Dey; gather the awning of Sam’s barbershop. Doctors, Cleaners, Diamond merchants, Fish seller…” Those people have their own livelihoods, and usually cannot be the same group. Now, his art made people from different classes being a group, made them talk to each other. They were bewitched by a view that a man is walking on wire. In addition, on the film, Mr. Petit glides, dances, kneels, lies down and walks on the twisted wire. He shows his skill; attracts people into his world. It is breathtaking. People who saw him forgot to move, blink; there are no other things important for them. They immerse themselves totally in his act. Several emotions are rippling among them: amazed, excited, nervous, worried, and curious. Mr. Petit created his art, very creative art. Some says, Art means creating beauty. What is beauty? Beauty exists everywhere. You have to have ability to see it. According to Mr. McCann, he said even rubbish and some plastic bags became beauty by watching how it is flying in the air. Mr.Petit’s tightrope walking is just walking on the twisted wire. You might say there is nothing about the beauty, but why did director James Marsh turn it into a film, and author McCann turn it into a book? I believe that they saw the beauty of his passion, and the beauty of his creation. I’m sure that there would be some people who wanted to paint the view when they saw him walking on the wire. I bet, tightrope walking is the beauty of art. His walk is astonished that unachievable for other people; the beauty of his walk is amazing that inspires viewers to do art, and his creation is fascinating that made people being statues. His passion and perseverance is incredible. There is no word to describe about his feat. It is very creative and significant art.