Turning Inspiration Into Action

As an artist, do you approach magic that way? Do you seek inspiration and use it to enhance your performances? Do you work to improve the "craft" of what you do so that it becomes more effortless and simply second nature, and so that you can therefore focus more and more of your energy and attention on your actual expression, that you are conveying through the vehicle of your craft? These are all topics that occupy my thinking on a regular basis.

My lecture at the Quad Cities Magic Club on October 23 was a big success. The following week, one of the attendees wrote an email to tell me that he'd already applied several of my techniques to his magic to give it more impact, and was noticing better audience response in his very next show! This is the sort of thing that's rewarding for me; not just getting people inspired about their magic, but seeing them getting actual results from what I offer. It's those determined and dedicated enough to take the ball and run with it, so to speak, that offer weight to these approaches to our art.

John Calvert is bringing his show and lecture to my area next week. I'm looking forward to seeing him, as I've always wanted to experience his work, and have just never gotten a chance 'til now. He's a living legend in magic, has performed literally around the world, and he's now 97 years old, and still performing. Simply Amazing! I'll try to put up a review of his performance and my thoughts on it sometime shortly afterwards.