Actually, that was exactly my point, Roger.
The ability to create wonder is--and should be--more enviable than the ability to destroy it. And the experience of any work of art, including performance art like this, is much more than the sum of its technical aspects.
Likewise, two sonnets may be executed with equal precision from a technical standpoint, but one might stab you to the heart while the other leaves you unmoved, depending on how the artist of each has crafted your experience of each.
I think studying the technical aspects can still be rewarding and wonder-filled, and may even give us a deeper appreciation of the creativity and grace that went into bringing this concept into the material world.
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