In the cereal industry, there are a lot of different choices. You have Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks, etc. The kids love these exciting new flavors of breakfast-y goodness. However, in the masses of smiling children and health-maniac adults, there is one cereal that maybe 1% of society eats.
Ladies and Gentlemen, that cereal is Corn Flakes.
No one likes Corn Flakes, but it remains oh-so diabolically on the cereal shelf. Taunting us with it's wood-flavored flakes of harm and sorrow. The only people who buy Corn Flakes are elderly people, an I'm pretty sure even they don't even eat them.
So here's my point:
Magic Public Enemy #1 is not exposure. It is bad magic. Go read the interviews of the core team of Theory11, and you'll see they all tend to agree on the fact that poorly done magic is indeed very not cool. Mr. Kenner actually enjoys laughing(on the inside) at bad magic, as he finds it to be a joke.
Corn Flakes are not the enemy of cereal companies. Pop-Tarts, Toaster Struedel, and McDonald's are the enemy! No one eats Corn Flakes, they suck.
So the truth is, most of the people that engage in exposure regularly, if not all people, are pretty much going to fade out in a year and no one is going to notice, because they weren't a contribution to magic. Out of that small percentage of magicians, there will be a few who understand and realize, and will rise above the masses of peasants, and becomes one with the community.
However, on the flip side, the exposure mongers will NEVER see success because of one vital secret to magic.
-Magic requires passion, effort, and hard work.-
And if you're an exposure-hungry wannabe, that rule clearly does not apply to you.
As a creator myself, who has seen his DVD being torrented and shared, exposure is mean. It makes me angry, however, I get angrier when I see a video on youtube teaching or performing my effect, and if that wasn't enough to make me mad, they suck at teaching it. I get mad, but I let it go, because I know in my heart that MY hard work will pay off, and their simple-minded attempts at being cool will be forgotten as they pursue sports or women.
So concentrate on more important things, like enjoying the many flavors magic has to offer. Have a bowl of Apple Jacks while you read Luke Jermay or study the inner depths of Banachek's genius while you munch on Honey Nut Cheerios. Just don't pay heed to the dastardly Corn Flakes/aka Exposure Wannabes, because no one really likes them anyway.
|| sean ||
Ladies and Gentlemen, that cereal is Corn Flakes.
No one likes Corn Flakes, but it remains oh-so diabolically on the cereal shelf. Taunting us with it's wood-flavored flakes of harm and sorrow. The only people who buy Corn Flakes are elderly people, an I'm pretty sure even they don't even eat them.
So here's my point:
Magic Public Enemy #1 is not exposure. It is bad magic. Go read the interviews of the core team of Theory11, and you'll see they all tend to agree on the fact that poorly done magic is indeed very not cool. Mr. Kenner actually enjoys laughing(on the inside) at bad magic, as he finds it to be a joke.
Corn Flakes are not the enemy of cereal companies. Pop-Tarts, Toaster Struedel, and McDonald's are the enemy! No one eats Corn Flakes, they suck.
So the truth is, most of the people that engage in exposure regularly, if not all people, are pretty much going to fade out in a year and no one is going to notice, because they weren't a contribution to magic. Out of that small percentage of magicians, there will be a few who understand and realize, and will rise above the masses of peasants, and becomes one with the community.
However, on the flip side, the exposure mongers will NEVER see success because of one vital secret to magic.
-Magic requires passion, effort, and hard work.-
And if you're an exposure-hungry wannabe, that rule clearly does not apply to you.
As a creator myself, who has seen his DVD being torrented and shared, exposure is mean. It makes me angry, however, I get angrier when I see a video on youtube teaching or performing my effect, and if that wasn't enough to make me mad, they suck at teaching it. I get mad, but I let it go, because I know in my heart that MY hard work will pay off, and their simple-minded attempts at being cool will be forgotten as they pursue sports or women.
So concentrate on more important things, like enjoying the many flavors magic has to offer. Have a bowl of Apple Jacks while you read Luke Jermay or study the inner depths of Banachek's genius while you munch on Honey Nut Cheerios. Just don't pay heed to the dastardly Corn Flakes/aka Exposure Wannabes, because no one really likes them anyway.
|| sean ||
