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Very interesting discussion.
"You cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them."
Respect to the art is in a way honoring those that came before you by performing ot the best of your ability. Practice until you can live the trick you perform.
I think several people here have hit the nail on the head. It has been my experience that people get into flash for cash type of mentality when they start out or they copy what they have seen on TV.
To make magic your own....to put a little piece of yourself into the magic you do even when you perform another person's effect comes accross quite differently than just being a copy of a copy of a copy of something you are not.
Respect the art by practicing what you want to add and then respect will be earned when you perform because of how it is presented.
As Wayne has said Respect is always earned.
Know from whence you came and know where you want to go.
About exposure:
How does exposure really hurt our art? How many laymen say they know this trick or that when you perform?
If that is happening to you then I would say, change what your doing man, turn the trick inside out and really learn it to change it. Do something else for these people that they have not been exposed to and astonish them.
Perhaps one of the best exposure things around is Penn and Tellers Cups and Balls. Does it matter that they exposed it? No, I still perform it and still get astonishment out of the effect. It only appears to some that it is a big deal because there are some that don't get 'it'.
Later,
Snorri
Very interesting discussion.
"You cannot solve problems with the same thinking that created them."
Respect to the art is in a way honoring those that came before you by performing ot the best of your ability. Practice until you can live the trick you perform.
I think several people here have hit the nail on the head. It has been my experience that people get into flash for cash type of mentality when they start out or they copy what they have seen on TV.
To make magic your own....to put a little piece of yourself into the magic you do even when you perform another person's effect comes accross quite differently than just being a copy of a copy of a copy of something you are not.
Respect the art by practicing what you want to add and then respect will be earned when you perform because of how it is presented.
As Wayne has said Respect is always earned.
Know from whence you came and know where you want to go.
About exposure:
How does exposure really hurt our art? How many laymen say they know this trick or that when you perform?
If that is happening to you then I would say, change what your doing man, turn the trick inside out and really learn it to change it. Do something else for these people that they have not been exposed to and astonish them.
Perhaps one of the best exposure things around is Penn and Tellers Cups and Balls. Does it matter that they exposed it? No, I still perform it and still get astonishment out of the effect. It only appears to some that it is a big deal because there are some that don't get 'it'.
Later,
Snorri