and some random thoughts =D
the past few days iv been thinking about a few things starting with a post here. someone had mentioned that more or less people only apperiate the dexterity involved in close up magic because people don;t beleive in real magic. this kind of bothered me that poeple think this is true.
more insight came to me sunday. here in cincinnati there is a large fireworks show every year for labor day. its spectaculor, and this year was easily the best firewors i had ever seen. how does this relate to magic you say? well after the big finish of the display, people where cheering, i looked over and i say a guy high five people around him that he didn;t know including some of my friends. people were acting like they just won the lottery. this giant reaction is because they just saw somthing that cause wonder in there imagination. the specticule was amazing and they felt the like.
i think this is how we need to reach our audences. they don't need to beleive in magic, we don't need to lie to them and try to amek them think otherwise. we as performers need to find what can we do to make them want to believe, just for a fraction of a second.
darwin ortiz in strong magic talks about how through strong performace the divination of a thought of card, can make spectors think about the IMPLMICATIONS, ie "if he can read my mind of the card, what else could someone see" this thought might cross there mind faster then second, but its all it takes to really grab hold of them.
so guys how do you think this can be done. its not anything new, many many magicians already figured this out, some of them run this site im sure. i think we need to think abotu these things as in most of the modern dvd's and even books so much goes into trick, but not how to really be a performer.
i feel like if you want to do a gambling expo, thats great. make them imagine a card shark takign everyone of there money, better yet make them part of the game. it doesn;t matter the theme we gotta learn out many of the big pros grab people imagination and not sure go throught the mechanics.
ultimitly, i think the first step we need to find individually, what kind of performers we are, and go with that. to many of us try to imitate the style of someone else and at some level the audience can feel that. if your funny do funny magic, if your mysterious so should your magic be. lets not just lie to ourselves
hope that all makes sense, just some of the things iv been thinking, and i figured maybe it might help a person or two that find there magic is going good, but its not yet great. thats what im aimming for greatness
the past few days iv been thinking about a few things starting with a post here. someone had mentioned that more or less people only apperiate the dexterity involved in close up magic because people don;t beleive in real magic. this kind of bothered me that poeple think this is true.
more insight came to me sunday. here in cincinnati there is a large fireworks show every year for labor day. its spectaculor, and this year was easily the best firewors i had ever seen. how does this relate to magic you say? well after the big finish of the display, people where cheering, i looked over and i say a guy high five people around him that he didn;t know including some of my friends. people were acting like they just won the lottery. this giant reaction is because they just saw somthing that cause wonder in there imagination. the specticule was amazing and they felt the like.
i think this is how we need to reach our audences. they don't need to beleive in magic, we don't need to lie to them and try to amek them think otherwise. we as performers need to find what can we do to make them want to believe, just for a fraction of a second.
darwin ortiz in strong magic talks about how through strong performace the divination of a thought of card, can make spectors think about the IMPLMICATIONS, ie "if he can read my mind of the card, what else could someone see" this thought might cross there mind faster then second, but its all it takes to really grab hold of them.
so guys how do you think this can be done. its not anything new, many many magicians already figured this out, some of them run this site im sure. i think we need to think abotu these things as in most of the modern dvd's and even books so much goes into trick, but not how to really be a performer.
i feel like if you want to do a gambling expo, thats great. make them imagine a card shark takign everyone of there money, better yet make them part of the game. it doesn;t matter the theme we gotta learn out many of the big pros grab people imagination and not sure go throught the mechanics.
ultimitly, i think the first step we need to find individually, what kind of performers we are, and go with that. to many of us try to imitate the style of someone else and at some level the audience can feel that. if your funny do funny magic, if your mysterious so should your magic be. lets not just lie to ourselves
hope that all makes sense, just some of the things iv been thinking, and i figured maybe it might help a person or two that find there magic is going good, but its not yet great. thats what im aimming for greatness
