{"id":3193,"date":"2025-12-22T16:21:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:40:06","slug":"why-not-look-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/why-not-look-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanging Beneath a Bridge: The Moment Fear Turns Into Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tap-Tap-Soul.mp3\" autoplay><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"Eliska Aerial hoop artist hanging upside down beneath a bridge, legs extended wide against a blue sky in Linghem Sweden\" class=\"wp-image-3194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_1158131-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-548902d8d6fca098fbeed38ae20916d3\"><strong>Eliska: Am I crazy? Yes. Crazy is my name. Am I afraid? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.<\/strong><br>Challenging yourself often begins right there\u2014at the meeting point with fear. We so easily live inside our heads, caught in thoughts of everything that could go wrong. But fears are often lighter than we think. Like air. Let the wind take them, dissolve them. What remains is courage. What remains is love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Eliska Aerial hoop suspended under a concrete bridge, with the performer holding a strong pose high above the ground in Linghem Sweden\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0789-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b55b9fe0dd162a9e242ab6e81bc0499\">Eliska is driven by a constant desire to move forward, to keep looking ahead even when the ground feels uncertain. For her, the aerial hoop is not just a discipline within aerial acrobatics, but a way to explore boundaries\u2014physical as well as mental. A single ring is rigged from the ceiling, and there, suspended between sky and ground, she meets fear with movement, strength, and trust. Every ascent into the hoop is a decision: to dare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial acrobat Eliska  practicing on a hoop beneath a bridge, contrasting soft sky with rigid architecture.\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-960x960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-666x666.jpg 666w, https:\/\/johnny-gustavsson.se\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/251210_Eliska_013A0709-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5446d6d7a723620f810779a347666994\">I have photographed the bridge in many forms. It has always had a particular pull on me, like a place of transition. This time, Eliska came with me, bringing her hoop and her courage. On the bridge, her drive to challenge herself met my gaze behind the camera. She does not step away from fear\u2014she moves straight through it. To look forward is not about being fearless. It is about continuing anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliska: Am I crazy? Yes. Crazy is my name. Am I afraid? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.Challenging yourself often begins right there\u2014at the meeting point with fear. We so easily live inside our heads, caught in thoughts of everything that could go wrong. But fears are often lighter than we think. Like air. 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