On 2011-03-23 06:19, sleightlysilas wrote:
One of the most inspiring moments in my life came about like this as well. This kid from India came up to me and did a routine with a Svengali deck. He actually told me a story about mirages and what not.

His handling was terrible, but I could see how genuine he was, how his eyes would light up when the card was "magically everywhere". This was a 7 or 8 year old or something, when he finished he said "I hope my magic has made you happy." then he left.

Made me relive that childlike passion for magic I had when I was younger.

On 2011-03-22 21:33, Father Photius wrote:
Happened many times. Can't tell you how many zillion times I've seen the old 21 card trick.

On 2011-03-22 19:18, satellite23 wrote:
It was so funny today, picture it:

My fiend found an old deck of cards and showed me a trcik, not knowing that I am a magician. He asked me if I knew how he did it, I said yes. He didn't believe me, so I showed him. Then, I told him about my "magical" abilities. His face just lit up and he wanted to see more.

Then, one of my other friends, again not knowing that I was a magician, used me as a stooge to impress other people with a card trick. We were doing the trick for someone, and my friend and the person started talking about magicians, and I couldn't pass up the opprtunity to perform for them. My friend kept asking me for the secret (of course I didn't tell him). It's funny to keep him guessing, I still haven't told him about my magician side. Maybe I'll tell him tomorrow.

Anyways, how funny is it when laymen perform a trick for you when they don't know about your hobby/occupation? It's pretty funny, trust me. But I go along with it, because I know how awesome it feels to be in the spotlight.

On 2011-03-24 00:10, ralphs007 wrote:
Hi
I was just thinking about this the other day. Except what if they blew me away and I had no clue how they did it ?

On 2011-03-24 12:11, Cyberqat wrote:

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On 2011-03-24 00:10, ralphs007 wrote:
Hi
I was just thinking about this the other day. Except what if they blew me away and I had no clue how they did it ?

Then tell them, and congratulate them on a job well done.

As I said, be generous with the spotlight. It doesn't always have to be on you and people are more likely to let you take it when you need it if you are generous with it when you don't.

On 2011-03-24 01:33, sleightlysilas wrote:
I think a lot of us are guilty of losing the "spark". Especially those who make a living out of it.

Whenever pros (by definition us who use magic to pay bills, not necessarily pro meaning good at it, because I wouldn't dare clasify myself under that) see magic, couple of first thoughts would be "that's hardly practical" "can't do that walk around" "hard to transition from that" "audience can't connect with that patter" that sort of thing.

It's actually laymen and most hobbyists who remind me that "hey, this magic stuff is cool and I love doing it."

Despite having to scrape the bottom of the barrel on lean seasons, I'd say were the lucky few who can work for something as fun and awesome as this art.