3 FASCINATING THINGS I LEARNED FROM PERFORMING MAGIC FOR 9 YEARS

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

Hey there. This is Kurt here...

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Yep, that's me. Fancy.
Didn't want to just write simple introduction article so instead gonna try to bring some value to you and tell you some secrets!

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Whaaaaat? Secrets?

Yeah, secrets. Please, calm down...

So, you probably know at least 1 of these guys ->

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or if you are a Facebook addict you probably have seen these guys

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& what do they all have in common??? -> 002-magic.pngRABBITS! THEY LOVE RABBITS!

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No, not rabbits. Lol. They all have secrets.... and they all use them to trick people, like you, like me. But trick not in a bad way. In an artistic way, in a way that lits up curiosity. They might trick you in a way that makes you doubt "things" & question yourself.

"WHAT! BUT HOW!? WHAT?!!! Am I drunk? Are YOU for REAL? What AM I seeing?"

Now, If you haven't still figured out, I'm talking about magicians, professional magicians & these guys are top dogs in the world. Ones you see on youtube getting millions of views and having huge vegas shows.

The reason I mention it is because I have been working as a full-time magician for last 5 years & practicing this craft around last 10 years. I'm definitely not a world-class, superb, A+ magician, but I'm good.

I have been performing live for years. Doing closeup magic in all kinds of situations - weddings, bars, restaurants, private events, street magic & doing it around different countries - a lot!

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I'm not trying to brag here. I am telling you this so you understand where my ideas are coming from. What actual experience I have.

So in this article, I want to share with you few fascinating secrets you probably never knew about this mysterious "sub-culture" - magic.


1: Best magic tricks are really simple!

This is kind of disappointing & this is also a reason I tell people who ask me about a secret

"Trust me, you don't want to know how it's done."

The reason you don't want to know is that even most people understand there is some sneaky trick, people still hope that the secret is more magical than it is. It's like, we, humans, just want to believe in something more magical in this world.

Of course, it doesn't mean that we should be delusional in life in general. It just means that some things for some people are better to remain "magic" simply because it fuels their imagination & curiosity.

Now, some of you might think, "If they are simple, everyone can learn them?" - YES! With a bit of practice and some balls, you can easily learn it and perform and seem like a pro. Most tricks I personally do are actually quite simple and easy to do! Which actually leads us to a 2nd secret:


2: Best magicians do same tricks all the time

The difference in skill between magicians is not so much in how much tricks one or another can do but in subtleties!

PRO is very flexible in different situations. He knows how to deal with the audience. How to make people have really good time that is not merely based on him being able to do few tricks, but actually engaging his audience. Making it as personal to every person as possible. Being attentive and engaged.

Actually, do you remember that guy Bruce Lee?

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If not, I'm ashamed of you! But let me help you. Google for help
You're welcome.

For the rest of you, who are wondering why I mentioned Bruce Lee?
Well, he had this quote:

"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."

This is a very beautiful metaphor for mastery in any field. That includes the art of magic. When a magician performs a trick for the 1st time, the trick is usually very dry. His timing is off, he is much more nervous because there is no confidence that comes with practice. There is usually big chance he will do something wrong and the trick will not work. You get the point.

Only by doing trick 10,100,1000+ times you begin getting that magical intuitive feeling when you should do "secret move", misdirect people, when to change patter. All this comes only with time, that's why top magicians usually have ~10 tricks they do all the time, everywhere and do them really fucking good!

Keep in mind, Bruce Lee.

...& the last cheeky "secret" is


3: We know that you are watching! Doh!

At least half of my audience always try to figure "it" out! When I will do "move" when I will misdirect them. Basically, some people just try to bust my balls! Because when you watch it on youtube or tv, you think: "Pfff. Silly people! I would definitely see how it's done!"

WRONG!

That's why magicians exist because people don't see, can't figure "it" out. Magic creates amazement & wonder.
Yes, it tricks you & sometimes really fucks with your mind but there is nothing bad about it. It's just how our minds work, we get tricked kinda easily.

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Actually, let's take one beautiful phrase from the movie "Now you see me".

The phrase goes like this "The closer you look, the less you see".
Again, "THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE LESS YOU SEE!".

The first time it might not make sense. I mean, come on!
If I will look very closely what magician does I will see how he does it!

WRONG!

When you look very very closely, you are very focused on specific thing & good magician knows that. He knows you are watching closely. And because you look so close you miss the bigger picture.

For example, think about it, if you just look at my hands very very closely, you not gonna see my mouth.

-Your mouth?!

-Yeah, my mouth.

The best example of this idea is trick called "Card to mouth".
Go to Youtube and search for it. You will see how it fools people. Maybe will not fool you because you are watching it on screen and you actually see a bigger picture, but in person, it fulls people like crazy!

So, yeah, remember this idea when you watch magic, and you just can't understand HOW? even tho you are looking closely. It's simply because the magician is good and he knows you are watching so he performs around that.


All right. With this, I am going to finish up my introduction article. If you came so far - thank you. That means you enjoyed it.

As this is my introduction article I tried to make it interesting as much as I could and feel out my writing style. Magic had huge impact on my life in last decade, I learned a lot, experienced a lot & I have many fascinatings things I would love to share regarding psychology behind magic, behind social interaactions and some insane things I learned about people.

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Super interesting introduction, welcome to steemit Kurt.

While I am sure that most magicians are illusionists using tricks we'd rather not know, I have this eerie hunch that some of the magic tricks going on do in fact work in a altogether different manner.

But I guess it all comes down to world view and what one believes Earth and life to be, as well as personal experiences of the transcendental

Looking forward to more of your posts man,
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Hey @paradigmprospect

You went quite deep here :D

Well, that's the thing with magic, even tho it is artform like acting or playing piano, there is this mystical aspect to it that sometimes might be hard to explain. Again tho, as you said it does depend on personal view of the world <3

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"I don't believe in magic",
the young boy said.
The old man smiled.
"You will when you see her."
~ Atticus

Welcome!

I love magic, hope to read more from you soon!

I wish you all the best.

Feel free to check out my blog @maxdigi, this way we can support each other!

Cheers
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Hey buddy.

Thanks for reading ;) I will post weekly for sure.
Was reading some posts on Steam today, got some good ideas regarding future posts.

Cheers

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Hello Kurt,welcome to steemit family.

Thanks, buddy. Accidentally stumbled upon it. Interesting platform. Gave motivation to finally start a blog. ;)

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welcome to the greatest community ever. would like to see some videos of your tricks and illusions. magic is great. cheers

Hey buddy. Definitely, I'll do some of that in near future. From writing this post I learned well how to write a post and how markdown styling works.


Thanks for the support. Cheers

welcome my friend! glad you came!

Cheers mate. Thank you. ;) Glad to see you too.

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