Yay magic!

"There will be no Magic in this house. It is a path to loneliness with people
mocking you behind your back." -Micheal Bluth (Arrested Development)

A while back I promise to write something about my interest in magic, so here is something....

I have always liked magic even though both my parents are muggles. Now before anyone gets the wrong idea, I’m not talking about Harry Potter magic, or summoning demons from the pits of Hades, or even dancing naked with free spirited, unkempt people in a circle of candles. Not that there is anything wrong with any of that…..well maybe the summoning demons part, but to each their own. I’m talking about magic as in tricks and illusions, or the art of entertaining people by fooling them. Unfortunately many people still think of magicians or even those interested in magic as being tossers who like to wear tuxedos and pull rabbits out of hats. Well they're wrong!! We mostly don't wear tuxedos! For the main part though magic these days has come a long way.

Even within magic there are many types of magicians. Here are a few examples….

• The Houdini type of escape artist, who puts themselves in situations that look dangerous or difficult, only to get out of them at the last minute.
• The David Blaine type of street magicians, who performs magic for people on the streets. Usually a ‘money in the hat’ situation, unless you can get a TV special.
• The Copperfield type of stage illusionist, who spends a great deal of money on large elaborate props (and hair styling products) that they perform with in theatres.
• The close-up specialist of which I can’t think of a famous, commonly known name, who performs for more intimate, smaller audiences, perhaps at a casino table or similar setting using cards/coins, or any type of smaller object really.
• Other categories I could describe include, mentalists, children focused magic, parlour/table magic, as well as getting into common specific props, such as coin, card, silk, cigarette, dice, matches, etc, etc.

Personally my interests fall mostly into the close-up category although I also enjoy ‘Bizarre’ magic which is an area that is notoriously difficult to describe, but essentially is good for freaking people out if done well. :-) I don’t do a lot of performing and when I do it’s mostly for friends and family, as it’s a hobby for me and I have a job to earn my money, but it’s something I love.
If I can figure out how to post my own video (and compress it to a viable size to post), I will put up a couple of tricks that I do to demonstrate my skill or lack of it.