So play along! I became rather obsessed with circuses after watching Water for Elephants a couple of years ago. So in the summer of 2011, I went to the Shrine Circus and took this photo, one of my top sellers to date. A few weekends ago, Chris and I were on the highway and a circus top came into sight, completely out of the blue. It was the Shrine Circus again. The sky was perfectly blue with just the right amount of clouds, so as  <span><a href="http://www.charleneprecious.com/blog/the-world-runs-on-tricks-everyone-plays-august-6-2013/" class="readmore">Continue reading &rarr;</a></span>{"id":14158,"date":"2013-08-06T21:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T01:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=14158"},"modified":"2013-08-06T21:21:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T01:21:44","slug":"the-world-runs-on-tricks-everyone-plays-august-6-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/the-world-runs-on-tricks-everyone-plays-august-6-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The world runs on tricks. Everyone plays."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So play along!<\/p>\n<p>I became rather obsessed with circuses after watching <a href=\"http:\/\/waterforelephantsfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Water for Elephants<\/a> a couple of years ago. So in the summer of 2011, I went to the Shrine Circus and took <a href=\"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=7444\" target=\"_blank\">this photo<\/a>, one of my top sellers to date. A few weekends ago, Chris and I were on the highway and a circus top came into sight, completely out of the blue. It was the Shrine Circus again. The sky was perfectly blue with just the right amount of clouds, so as you&#8217;d expect, I felt the need to seize the opportunity for a 2013 re-shoot and re-edit. We took the next exit and found the circus. Here&#8217;s the second rendition of the circus top. :)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been good with posting a photo a day just the way the blog should be. But come September when the Fall semester begins, it&#8217;ll all slow down again. 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