Tonight i did a table magic in a bar and all the tricks failed..it was one guy that he knew a lot of tricks and he didnt let me to perform properly and i failed..i think that is right to stop magic after this fail...please what to do?
Someone tried to bring you down?
Eff him.
And here's the secret...
Obviously being able to deal with hecklers is an AMAZING thing to be able to do and comes with experience and is quite a great quality in any performer, not only magicians.
HOWEVER...know what? If the guy was constantly heckling you, you did not see that alone,the rest of the audience saw it as well. And when they'll go home or ever in their WHOLE LIVES (and I swear, I am not exaggerating) when they recount what happened, they'll be saying on the lines of,
"Oh! We had so much fun that day! It was srsly cool! Also, a guy had come to perform something for us, prolly some magic trick, I dunno. But we were excited nevertheless. And THIS ANOTHER GUY kept completely RUINING everying! He would not let the magician perform! Man, I have never seen someone so desperate for attention!"
That's exactly what happens. Has it ever happened with you that in ur circle of frnds someone is just TOO ANNOYING? Like, he spoils the punchlines of others' jokes, constantly tries to be funny? You might like that guy, he may be ur frnd, but still you'd be like, "Hey man, calm down let the others speak atleast!"
Something like that.
So don't worry, he is the one everyone'd be blaming. And I also know for a fact (because I may have been that annoying frnd sometimes
) that the heckler would soon feel guilty or think he behaved a little too immaturely. He'd be the one embarassed.
Basically, it's all him, none on you.
Finally, you might wanna think how YOU can avoid this situation as well. Like, what if something u said even as a joke triggered him? If anyone feels they are being put down, their inner heckler comes into play. So try and see if there's some problem on your behalf.
Otherwise don't pressurise yourself unnecessarily. Sometimes people are just what they are, desperate for attention.
If you wanna quit your magic because of this, well, I think it would be foolish. For all you know, it might be none of your fault. But if you wanna quit magic as in take a break and re-assess things and then come back, I'd say you can do that. Because I don't think these kind of reasons keep people away from something for long. Sooner or later, they bounce back, and that usually does not happen when they hear something inspirational. That happens when their own mind tells them,"Well, let haters be haters, I am not gonna sit and sob because of them."
So it's your call, do what you feel would be correct. If you take my suggestion however, you should just move on. I've had people stop me right before revelations of predictions or after the climax, pointing put some ''fault''. They think they won some sort of war? I reply them in my mind, "Good for you mate."
I mean everybody sees everything and trust me, you did NOT have your social image completely broken and so irreparable that you have a black mark on your character for ever.
I know it may seem difficult for you to come over. For any third person, all of us included, it is easier right now, because it is you who might keep remembering whatever that guy said, and your brain will keep recapping whatever happened. But we all have gone through it SOMETIME, so you can bank on us mate! Magicians are more closely bound to each other than any other community of artists. We face the same sort of things and hate the same sort of things and we all can say to each other "IKR!"
The point is, trust us, nothing's too bad. You've got it in your control.
PS:- This might not help you so much, but a good way to get over something is to be offensive. Saying cuss words actually triggers a fight response in you and you become a mental warrior. Just say it to yourself, "That guy is such a *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* kind of person, he deserves to be *beep* *beep* *beep*." It actually helps. You might wanna spice things up by looking up cuss words in some other language and tell him that when you meet him, with a smile. It'll be worth it, first hand experience again.
[This post contained offensive words. Regarding the fact that 3-year olds might be viewing this thread, the censor board has put beeps in place of the words, because we know ''nobody'' uses slangs in their minds and everyone is a unicorn. Thank you.]