Hi all, once again I am here with another, well, more of an opinion piece. I was just on Youtube watching TOP by Alex Pandrea. And I noticed some of the comments below. Things like "No longer an art, it is being turned into a business. I am not liking theory's latest videos at all." Or things like that. And I know there will always be people who scrutinize magic as a whole and that cannot be avoided. But for even other magicians to say these things, do they have a point? And even if they do, are they not missing the fundamental aspect of why we do magic? Allowing people to witness the impossible?
Over the past few months I've really been challenged in finding my place in the magic world, and the questions just keep coming in, so glad that you are all here to provide some insight and trust me the responses have definitely helped me. But I find that magic these days, is getting harder and harder to make people believe the impossible, because unfortunately, we have amateurs uploading how to do these tricks onto Youtube, where anyone can watch and figure out the secret, and it is slightly saddening. My other question is, what do we do about it? And I don't mean that we try to ban people from posting magic tricks on Youtube, that'd just be insane, but rather, what do we do about our performing, because let's face it, we are the ones left to struggle to keep this idea of the impossible alive in our magic.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
Over the past few months I've really been challenged in finding my place in the magic world, and the questions just keep coming in, so glad that you are all here to provide some insight and trust me the responses have definitely helped me. But I find that magic these days, is getting harder and harder to make people believe the impossible, because unfortunately, we have amateurs uploading how to do these tricks onto Youtube, where anyone can watch and figure out the secret, and it is slightly saddening. My other question is, what do we do about it? And I don't mean that we try to ban people from posting magic tricks on Youtube, that'd just be insane, but rather, what do we do about our performing, because let's face it, we are the ones left to struggle to keep this idea of the impossible alive in our magic.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!