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Captured Lightning: Memoir of a Bullwhip Artist
Paperback
Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralGeneral Drama
Publisher Price: $19.95
ISBN13: 9781947976870
Publisher: Cynren Press
Published: Mar 2 2027
Pages: 160
Language: English
A bullwhip cracks when its tip breaks the sound barrier, creating a tiny sonic boom. Robert Dante spent years learning to control that explosive force--and eventually set four Guinness World Records for speed and accuracy with the bullwhip.
In Captured Lightning, Dante recounts his unlikely journey from journalist to master whip artist. What begins as curiosity at a Houston leather event draws him into the demanding world of the single-tail whip, where precision, rhythm, trust, and consent are essential. His path leads through leather and BDSM spaces to international stages as he explores the whip's power as an instrument of spectacle, erotic connection, spiritual transformation, and art.
With candor and hard-won wisdom, Dante reveals the discipline required to master one of the world's most misunderstood performance tools--and the physical and emotional price of pursuing a calling without compromise. Part memoir, part exploration of a rare craft and its community, Captured Lightning goes beyond the crack to reveal the obsession, intimacy, and self-discovery at the heart of the bullwhip.
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