At the 2008 edition of Nuit Blanche this year, some of the artists that participated were not sanctioned.  While in the dog park at Trinity Bellwoods, I heard that there had been a guy who had climbed up a tree and that at midnight he was going to light the tree up wiht Pixie dust.  As luck would have it, I happened to be there at that time.  There were about 20 people gathered around the tree, and the artist began climbing the tree, in the pitch dark.  Being a careful sort we had to wait about ten minutes for him to get into position.  He then dropped a bag of flour from the tree, which exploded on the ground and pulled out a small canister torch and heated up a piece of metal to glowing red.  He then hit the metal with a hammer, each strike sending down a shower of sparks and…. nothing.  The disappointment in the crowd was obvious as we voiced it simultaneously.  “Wait” cried the voice from the tree top, “I have one more bag, I can try it again!”  The audience screamed their approval.  It was now half past midnight.  Another sack of flour was launched, and the artist again heated the metal, slower this time.  By the time he had it hot enough to begin striking it with the hammer, I was sure that the cloud of flour dust had dissipated too much to catch.  I was wrong.

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