I have a huge problem with the magic community at the moment...
And yea yea we've all heard the usual (The industry/Changing the art) stuff everyone says.
My issue is not that, my issue is that lately magicians associate themselves with a specific "group," and usually its only the most popular group. Especially among beginners.
It used to be Ellusionist, now its Theory11. Not that i dislike either, both are great. The issue is that people get hooked on these sites, especially beginners and feel they are that site. All there fav magicians are members of that site, not because they have the best magicians (they might), but because thats the only magicians they know. All there effects are from that site. They never picked up Art of Astonishment/Card College/Expert at card table/etc.
I know i know "Dont hate on the nubes"....
There is a huge difference between "Nubes" and "people who just dont try"
I was a nube, you were a nube... and to be honest, if your not a nube, most likely you were during the "ellusionist era" which then all the hype was REALLY surrounding E and it was "cool" to have card clips, and buy all there effects. But we did not just learn from E and devote ourselves to E...we sought other ways of learning...the proper ways.
I meet younger and some older magicians all the time and they say "We're theory11... or we're E....or whatever" And they say there artists... there not... these real artist went and studied other magicians, studied all the books, dvds, notes, lectures... took that, and made there style and there art. Always just getting the latest thing from 1 company, thats not art, thats hype.
I only mention this because i REALLY love what magic has done for me. Yea when i first started i was a product of the Ellusionist Era, but i realized that there came a point where E wasnt the answer and older magicians were making fun of me, and that was when i wanted to know more.
I love Theory11, i lvoe Ellusionist, i love Blacksmagic, i love Magic X, and another other group of magicians out there... but i am not an Ellusionist, i am not a Theory11, i am Steven Henriquez and thats my art. I really wish and hope that anyone new or anyone old who has bought products from Theory11 or Ellusionist or any other one out there and you dont have a copy of Astonishments, or you dont know who Paul Harris or John Ramsey is... you have a serious problem but you can fix it. Go and learn more, because this "underground" stuff thats cool now (and it is, when i do shows i say im an underground magician....cuz its cool lol)... it came from these older magicians and to understand what happens now and what will happen... we HAVE to understand what has happened.
This was not to hate on anyone, but to hopefully inspire someone
And yea yea we've all heard the usual (The industry/Changing the art) stuff everyone says.
My issue is not that, my issue is that lately magicians associate themselves with a specific "group," and usually its only the most popular group. Especially among beginners.
It used to be Ellusionist, now its Theory11. Not that i dislike either, both are great. The issue is that people get hooked on these sites, especially beginners and feel they are that site. All there fav magicians are members of that site, not because they have the best magicians (they might), but because thats the only magicians they know. All there effects are from that site. They never picked up Art of Astonishment/Card College/Expert at card table/etc.
I know i know "Dont hate on the nubes"....
There is a huge difference between "Nubes" and "people who just dont try"
I was a nube, you were a nube... and to be honest, if your not a nube, most likely you were during the "ellusionist era" which then all the hype was REALLY surrounding E and it was "cool" to have card clips, and buy all there effects. But we did not just learn from E and devote ourselves to E...we sought other ways of learning...the proper ways.
I meet younger and some older magicians all the time and they say "We're theory11... or we're E....or whatever" And they say there artists... there not... these real artist went and studied other magicians, studied all the books, dvds, notes, lectures... took that, and made there style and there art. Always just getting the latest thing from 1 company, thats not art, thats hype.
I only mention this because i REALLY love what magic has done for me. Yea when i first started i was a product of the Ellusionist Era, but i realized that there came a point where E wasnt the answer and older magicians were making fun of me, and that was when i wanted to know more.
I love Theory11, i lvoe Ellusionist, i love Blacksmagic, i love Magic X, and another other group of magicians out there... but i am not an Ellusionist, i am not a Theory11, i am Steven Henriquez and thats my art. I really wish and hope that anyone new or anyone old who has bought products from Theory11 or Ellusionist or any other one out there and you dont have a copy of Astonishments, or you dont know who Paul Harris or John Ramsey is... you have a serious problem but you can fix it. Go and learn more, because this "underground" stuff thats cool now (and it is, when i do shows i say im an underground magician....cuz its cool lol)... it came from these older magicians and to understand what happens now and what will happen... we HAVE to understand what has happened.
This was not to hate on anyone, but to hopefully inspire someone