First of all, I dearly hope that you guys actually read the things Im just going to write and actually make a comment about it or leave a suggestion, im thinking of a interesenting project right now.
Now, before I continue, I must warn you, a lot of people are going to feel offended by this post, but please, bear with me and continue reading.
Onto the main thing, I want to ask everybody a question.....If we take magic away from you, what's left? I mean, lets be completely honest, magic is for a lot of us, the way we intend to outstand from the pack, I mean, we are humans, and as Humans we are looking fro the aprovation from others...
I mean really, take magic away from you, would you still be a interesting person?would you still be able to go to any stranger and keep them enterteined, or maintan a good conversation WITHOUTH magic? I know that magic is our way to shine, our way to attract attention ( we love it don't we?) and sadly, I feel that a lot of people here base their social status on magic only, and that it's just plain sad, take the other magician at my school for an example, everybody that I know that knows him tells me that he is a OK performer, the sad thing its when I ask about him NON magic related, the only answer that I have had is "well, I have only spoken to him when he does magic"
Shakutau leaved me thinking, so, Im starting a little project in the upcoming weeks based on what he told me... the project its this:
Ill go to strangers, and ill try to begin a conversation with them, witouth keeping them bored, AND WITHOUTH MAGIC, and let's see how that plays, then, Ill do the same thing but while recording and trying to make them to feel comfortable with it while gaining rapport, I think that will improve my magic far better than practicing a sleight like crazy..
Ill do this in the upcoming weeks, but for now I leave you guys with the question:
Withouth magic, are you still interesting? Or witouht it you are just a dork wich nobody notices?
Think about it and speak your mind.
I had been doing magic for about four years, but I stopped for a month. No change. People were still nice to me, and I still had conversations with people. I don't perform magic 24/7, I usually talk to someone, show them an effect, then continue talking (unless they want to see more.)