"watching a guy spin fire is almost like reading a personal letter that he has written to you. It speaks to you and gives you this light, anxious feeling because you know that he knows at any moment he could screw up and go up in flames, and he doesn't care. He loves it. He craves it. And it makes you want to have that same feeling. By watching him spin you can see that he is in love with the flame. Or if not the flame, he is in love with the energy and the rush that it gives him. With each move of his body and twist of his wrist you almost taste the excitement that he tries to hide. But you can't fool anyone. We see it. We can almost taste it. And that is what makes fire poi an art. The arousal of the senses that comes from watching it. The excitement that you feel is the same excitement the spinner feels, and a true artist is able to convey all his feelings by way of his expression, whether it be paint, poem, or poi."