So Basically what you are saying is people who don't perform regularly for "real people" aren't magicians?
So "magicians" like Chris Kenner, Homer Liwag, Joe Monti, Rudy Coby.. and maybe even your local magic shop owner, who make a good living by "magic" aren't really magicians? They don't qualify by the standard you are presenting here.
Some of these people haven't performed for real people in years, but they have been able to do something that was caught on camera to share with you, so they aren't "magicians" because the only outlet of performance has been via video?
What about the people on this forum and others that don't want to do anything but be famous in the small magic community, only practicing tricks and flourishes that lay people will not appreciate, but their beloved magic community will. Are the people who only practice to perform at Magic Conventions considered true magicians, because they don't perform for anyone until that chance at a magic convention.
In the end, it doesn't matter what you call yourself, or what others call you. If you want to be a performer, then go perform. If you want to be that youtube magician, no one is going to stop you, if you just want to sit at home and practice everything from every book and DVD you have ever purchased and never show the world, that's fine too.
If you are worried about people caring if you are a true "magician" or not then I want to live in your world, because lately I have to be worried about things that seem a lot bigger than that...
Like becoming a mom...
Something to think about.
KE
So "magicians" like Chris Kenner, Homer Liwag, Joe Monti, Rudy Coby.. and maybe even your local magic shop owner, who make a good living by "magic" aren't really magicians? They don't qualify by the standard you are presenting here.
Some of these people haven't performed for real people in years, but they have been able to do something that was caught on camera to share with you, so they aren't "magicians" because the only outlet of performance has been via video?
What about the people on this forum and others that don't want to do anything but be famous in the small magic community, only practicing tricks and flourishes that lay people will not appreciate, but their beloved magic community will. Are the people who only practice to perform at Magic Conventions considered true magicians, because they don't perform for anyone until that chance at a magic convention.
In the end, it doesn't matter what you call yourself, or what others call you. If you want to be a performer, then go perform. If you want to be that youtube magician, no one is going to stop you, if you just want to sit at home and practice everything from every book and DVD you have ever purchased and never show the world, that's fine too.
If you are worried about people caring if you are a true "magician" or not then I want to live in your world, because lately I have to be worried about things that seem a lot bigger than that...
Like becoming a mom...
Something to think about.
KE