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Me And My Shadow

A bit of a departure today. Last week I started participating on the Theme Thursday website. Each Sunday the Theme Thursday folks post a weekly theme and ask idea-starved bloggers - such as myself - to participate. For example, last week the theme was "festivals" and I decided to do a piece on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock over on my music blog dufusdownbeat.

This week, the theme is "shadow". There are various ways to go on this theme but when I first saw it I immediately thought of something I'd posted some time ago, back when nonamedufus was more of a picture and video blog. It's from an appearance on the David Letterman show of Australian hand shadow specialist and "Unusualist" Raymond Crowe. I think you'll be as amazed as I was when you watch this.



If you're interested in being further amazed, visit Raymond Crowe's website. And be sure to visit Theme Thursday and click on the links to see how my blogging buddies there have dealt with this week's theme...

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Harnett-Hargrove said…
Simple magic! The best kind.
20 August 2009 at 07:41
Brian Miller said…
ha. people do some amazing things with their hands...happy tt!
20 August 2009 at 07:53
Anonymous said…
Oh this is just too cool! It looks just like him( I mean, his silhouette, wot? )...
20 August 2009 at 08:08
Tess Kincaid said…
Fun! He would be a cool dinner guest.
20 August 2009 at 08:58
Not For Jellyfish said…
That was great! Thanks for posting that.
20 August 2009 at 09:06
Anonymous said…
That's pretty amazing.
20 August 2009 at 10:10
Alan Burnett said…
That is a sensational video. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
20 August 2009 at 10:59
Anonymous said…
That was way too cool!

I loved it!

Thanks for making me aware of it.
20 August 2009 at 11:42
Betsy Brock said…
I was hoping someone would pick up on this for today's theme. Really, really great!
20 August 2009 at 13:06
nonamedufus said…
Harnett-Hargrove: But effective.

Brian: ...and he's truly amazing.

subtorp77: Isn't it fabulous...and the animals too.

willow: Oh man he'd keep you entertained for hours.

Not For Jellyfish: My pleasure. Glad you like it.

RJEdwards: Doesn't begin to describe it.

Alan: You're more than welcome.

Quirks: Glad you enjoyed it ma'am.

Betsy: Yeah, he was talented shadow puppeteer. I just had to share.
20 August 2009 at 15:46
Wings1295 said…
Things like this have always astounded me! Talent, indeed!
20 August 2009 at 16:26
Megan said…
Shoot. No looking at YT at work. I shall return...
20 August 2009 at 17:47
Donnie said…
That is outstanding and set to one of my favorite artist and songs. Great!
20 August 2009 at 18:07
http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.com said…
Fabulous! A perfect match for the shadow theme.
Thanks for sharing!
20 August 2009 at 19:03
nonamedufus said…
Wings: I was just enrthalled watching it.

Megan: Too bad.

Don: The performance and the music are a perfect fit.

CatLady: Glad you enjoyed it.
20 August 2009 at 21:08
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