Is this a stupid question?

thetophatfirm · 11-18-2011, 01:57 AM

hmm,

For myself right now, I would have to say that this art for myself is more of a "line-maker" or for more direct term a segregator. But not in the a segregated form.

I first started serious magic with props. Basic thumbtip and spongeballs and from there I would find little tricks and cute toys to put people in a hold. And this form of presentation is still how I do my card tricks.

You know your pub setting? how that atmosphere reacts with you and it makes the setting righteous for you to perform?

my atmosphere is at like raves, and house parties; where people do things to feel extreme and the thoughts they have in their personalities can go dark. So when I do a vanishing effect, or I produce little things from my hands and their pockets and what not, the effect I always try to leave off is either that they have control over something that I can channel, or that I am the control and they will never know why.

Its actually something quite morally selfish, but its a very powerful way that I do my magic, its why some people actually consider me a good magician, because of the psychological effect I can place on people. And at first thats what I thought magic is: Separating yourself from a crowd and when you leave, the crowd cannot comprehend why you were never apart of it to begin with.

Stuff like that. But over here, where this is a "community" of magicians and I actually can learn something its so different. Everything is calm and a joke, and even though we put soul into our work, its a neutral sharing.

That's why I asked this question, because its so different than how I was first introduced it. it = magicianhood

la0o9 · 11-18-2011, 11:32 AM

well, from the way you said what you did, and if you are able to pull it off, you have enough social skills and manipulation skills to call yourself a good magician. all you need now is secrets, when you know the secrets, you can use the skills you already have to make what was just "secrets" into "Art".

11-18-2011, 01:57 AM	#1
thetophatfirm Red Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 162	hmm, For myself right now, I would have to say that this art for myself is more of a "line-maker" or for more direct term a segregator. But not in the a segregated form. I first started serious magic with props. Basic thumbtip and spongeballs and from there I would find little tricks and cute toys to put people in a hold. And this form of presentation is still how I do my card tricks. You know your pub setting? how that atmosphere reacts with you and it makes the setting righteous for you to perform? my atmosphere is at like raves, and house parties; where people do things to feel extreme and the thoughts they have in their personalities can go dark. So when I do a vanishing effect, or I produce little things from my hands and their pockets and what not, the effect I always try to leave off is either that they have control over something that I can channel, or that I am the control and they will never know why. Its actually something quite morally selfish, but its a very powerful way that I do my magic, its why some people actually consider me a good magician, because of the psychological effect I can place on people. And at first thats what I thought magic is: Separating yourself from a crowd and when you leave, the crowd cannot comprehend why you were never apart of it to begin with. Stuff like that. But over here, where this is a "community" of magicians and I actually can learn something its so different. Everything is calm and a joke, and even though we put soul into our work, its a neutral sharing. That's why I asked this question, because its so different than how I was first introduced it. it = magicianhood __________________ -This the bottom of my thread.

11-18-2011, 11:32 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	well, from the way you said what you did, and if you are able to pull it off, you have enough social skills and manipulation skills to call yourself a good magician. all you need now is secrets, when you know the secrets, you can use the skills you already have to make what was just "secrets" into "Art". __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"