What Does trapeze Mean
The term trapezoid comes from a Latin word that in turn derives from a Greek term and is used to name a geometric figure that has the appearance of a non-regular quadrilateral where only two sides are parallel. Those that are parallel are considered as bases and between them there is a distance called height . The segment whose edges are the midpoints of the non- parallel sides is known as the median .
Among the types of trapezoids that are distinguished when analyzing the interior angles appear the right trapezoids or rectangles (those that have in their interior 2 right angles, another acute and the remaining, obtuse), isosceles trapezoids (with a pair of acute interior angles and the rest, obtuse) and scalene trapezoids (all the interior angles have different amplitudes).
For anatomy , the trapezius can be a muscle or a bone. The trapezius muscle is located in the posterior region of the trunk and neck. Humans have two trapezius muscles, which extend from the occiput and reach the dorsal vertebrae and shoulder blades.
As for the trapezius bone, it is part of the human hand, more precisely the wrist. It is a carpal bone that articulates with the first metacarpal bone, the scaphoid bone, the trapezoid bone, and the second metacarpus.
Inside a gym or a circus , a trapeze is a piece based on a pole or rod located horizontally that is suspended by two ropes at its ends . This stick allows you to perform different types of gymnastic exercises and pirouettes. It is common for one or more trapeze artists to swing high on the trapeze and jump long distances to drop one of these instruments and cling to another.
Kafka's trapeze
The Austrian writer Franz Kafka wrote a play in which its protagonist was a man with a passion for the trapeze to the point of spending all hours elevated on it, even while he was not offering a show .
It is a story entitled "An artist of the trapeze" and through it the author invites readers to make important reflections, mainly on the loss of innocence or the arrival of maturity for a person; about the figure of the artist in a society, which always ends up taking refuge in a space far from others because he feels that he is not understood; and on the pyramid of hierarchies that exist in our societies.
Regarding the first point, we can point out that originally the story was titled "First pain", so this hidden theme can be evidenced under the story; being that from the first suffering childhood is abandoned forever and it begins to be understood that life is lonely and difficult.
In the story, this trapeze artist suddenly discovers that he needs another trapeze and cannot understand how until that moment he was working and living with only one; then obtaining this new element will become your highest aspiration from that moment on. It is worth mentioning that previously, this man chose to live in a place that the rest of society could not access. At this point, Kafka's vision of art is understood , as a space where isolation is necessary in order to grow and refine one's work. For this reason, the trapeze artist is constantly looking for a new space to work. The existence of the character depends on his decisions and his action, on the place that he gives to art in his life.
Finally, just as in the circus there is a structure based on hierarchies, where the main link is the figure of the businessman and the last one who exhibits his work (the trapeze artist), in societies it is the same. This "last ear in the jar", however, is the one that most understands the meaning of life because it chooses to live in the heights, away from the light and the debased environment; separated from the rest of the world and the other links in the chain of that circus in order to dedicate himself only to what he is passionate about and understand the essence of his life. When he asks for an extra bar, he does not do it in order for someone to occupy it and keep him company, but to improve himself more, he asks for it for himself to develop his abilities to the maximum.
Este relato podría ayudarnos a comprender mucho más acerca de la verdadera importancia del arte y del trabajo que todo artista tiene entre sus manos; tal es así, que las decisiones que se toman en torno a la vida individual y al desarrollo del arte en sí, traerán consecuencias en el resultado de la labor.