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Once again, we have to differentiate between "ego" and "confidence."

I'm going to channel Steerpike, here. The thing is, there IS so much more in modern magic than what I described. I know it's not ALL a bunch of faceless teenagers who never perform. But they are most certainly the representatives of modern magic - they're the most numerous, and the most...

I. What is Ego? We all have ego. In this sense, I'm talking about the inflamed ego: arrogance, self-indulgence, narcissism. All of us in some way experience and feed that notion. And I think a good example of that is with the modern magician. By modern magician, I'm talking about teenagers...

That's true of a lot of things that would be considered off-topic to talk about here, or at least that a bunch of 15 year-olds would come in and yell at the OP for posting. Most magicians today don't seem to draw inspiration from anywhere other than magic DVDs. I notice, though, that this...

If you're implying I do that, then I have to ask which performance of mine you've been present at to make such a claim. And I'm not disagreeing with you, but not everyone creates in a vacuum. Few are the magicians who stand completely isolated from the magic community, never buying or...

The same reason everyone still buys card magic DVDs, even though there's plenty out there already. New stuff. A couple of DVDs alone does not equal the imagination of every magician.

Just watched the video, and all I have to say is, what a handsome guy there, eh? EDIT: not you steerpike the guy next to you I've heard about the Say What? book from the E forums, but checking your site, I noticed ads for other books you have coming out. Yes. Definitely getting this...

I've been meaning to read these, as I actually liked the show on SciFi. True I didn't have the books to compare it to or anything, but I thought the show was fun. The whole thing reminded me of White Wolf's RPG products with a mystery / detective undercurrent (which is fine with me, I adore...

So, a clever method.

They do coin tricks now?

Fist Rockbone. Rip Steakface.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip

Slip number two!

A lot of the fundamentals of good magic - unique presentation, charisma and showmanship, connection with the audience, original trick selection - are hard to pick up on for some people simply because we don't have reference material. We have people saying, "We should do this and this," but...

Panera Bread serves food? Like a restaurant? I honest to goodness thought it was only a bakery - like, you go in, pick up stuff, and leave. Anyway, this is what happens when you pick the wrong person at the wrong time. And here, I'm talking about striking up a conversation, not doing magic...

No, actually. That's called interacting with society and it happens everyday. People talk to each other, it's how communication works. You don't just "have" all your friends one day - you first have to talk to them, meet them. It's how you meet people in high school, in the neighborhood, in...

Before you can attach a story to a trick, you need to be able to, well... tell stories. It's not just about reciting a script and then punctuating it with an effect. It has to make sense and mesh with what's going on. It's odd - your story needs to be strong outside of the presentation, but...

I am so sorry. You know I love you. I've got you committed to memory now, Bumblebee.

That's more of a philosophy than a style. What sort of tricks do you use? What's your patter like? What do you do in the off-beat between tricks? Etcetera? There's not much to say about it other than you sound like a basic entertainer someone might hire at a party, and if that's where you...

Because pretty much every debate or issue can be summed up with, "Some people think one way, others think a different way." If we just ignored things and never talked about issues, positive or negative, then nothing would advance and we'd all be incredibly boring to talk to. Yes, we can just...