The Art of MagicReading this you will quickly realize it is not so much what the magician does that makes him great, but instead how he does it. To simply know how the magician accomplishes his magic is nothing-it is the manner in which he presents his performance before an audience. All of the great magicians have had something associated with their performances, something special that makes them stand out from the others. For Blackstone, both Senior and Junior it was and are the Vanishing Birdcage, the Dancing Handkerchief, and Comedy Rope Tie while picking the pockets of spectators from the audience assisting on stage.For Houdini, it was his spectacular escape from a straight jacket, and at various times in his career, the escape from a giant milk can be filled with water and later his original water torture cell.
For Dante, it was his presentation of his Backstage Illusion. Everybody in the audience thought they saw how it was done, but in the end, he fooled them all with a surprise finish. Dante was also noted for his Lazy Magician where he sat on a chair smoking a cigar while female assistants brought out a cane, rope and silk scarves. In a lazy manner, he performed magic. It was his personality that projected. Cardini was known for his suave presentation manipulating playing cards while wearing white gloves and Channing Pollock for producing white fluttering doves out of nowhere.
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To have a violin and sheet music does not make a person qualified to take a seat with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.The same applies to magic. To have a deck of cards and several silk scarves does not make one a magician. All of the people you read about in this book have dedicated their lives to perfecting their art.
The presentation of magic in a theatrical form is n art. The study of magic and its application is a science. To a real professional magician, they never call their magic a 'trick.' It is always an effect which is short for theatrical effect. For it is the overall presentation and end result, the way it appears to the viewing audience that qualifies it as an art.
Magic and its presentation is a form of affecting people's emotions through drama. In presenting each effect, the magician is telling a story.
As the story unfolds, the emotions of the people in the audience in the form of dreams are told. Things a magician performs fulfills a basic fundamental desire in each person, either on a conscious or subconscious level. Channing Pollock once said that he felt magic represented power; at least on somewhat of an artificial level.In the best presentation, the Art of magic expresses desire, wishes, dreams and a balance with reality in a symbolic form, and the balance with the natural laws of science. Theatrically a magician must be a good actor because the magical effect (or play) does not in itself play out the plot. The great magician must project personality, style, timing, voice inflection, and all the other qualities of a great actor.
The father of modern magic, Robert-Houdin of France said, 'A magician is playing the part of a man who works miracles.' How much can a magician do with the theatrical form of magic?
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The 'Wall' is available for your pleasure with three phases that will knock your socks off. The video link is.George Bernard Shaw ranked Houdini as one of the most important persons in the world. And nearly three-quarters of a century after his death, Houdini remains synonymous with the art of magic. Houdini performed illusions and escapes throughout Europe, the United States, Russia, and Australia, notwithstanding being the highest paid performer of his era, and an aviator, a fight fan, an inventor, a writer-author, and film maker. Houdini's Magic Shop offers magic tricks, gags, pranks and novelties with the theme of the late great Harry Houdini. America's first magic shop existed in New York City before the turn of the century, and magic was performed in close-up style in the bars on Broadway as far back as the mid 1700's.
It became a part of New York. Even Houdini operated a Magic Shop in New York.
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Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/News-LeaderIt's a 'metaphysical store' that lives in a downtown building, just upstairs from Springfield Improv's theater space.' I just liked calling it an attic versus a loft,' said store owner Michelle Nimmo.And while Nimmo's shop offers magic wands, crystals, gemstones and similar objects, she hopes you won't associate Alchemist Attic with the occult.' My store is about personal fulfillment,' Nimmo said. 'At it's most basic, I hope people come and are inspired spiritually and find magic — personal magic, not hocus-pocus.' Nimmo said people of every belief system should feel welcome in her store.She worked the concept of alchemy — the medieval idea that magicians could turn ordinary objects into gold — into the store's name because it had a nice symbolism. Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/News-Leader'I won't be turning anything into gold here,' she said, 'but I would like to explore anything about connecting the mind, the body, the spirit or soul.' Her shop offers a wide range of products, many of them created by local artists and other 'makers.'
There are vegan personal care products, shelves of incense and candles, racks of vintage and 'upcycled' clothes and accessories.' We have handbags made out of pants that should never have been pants,' Nimmo said.There's music on CD and a bookshelf with fiction and nonfiction titles. Nearby, glass showcases are full of handmade leather journals, Ouija boards and objects like a phrenology skull or an all-seeing eye pendant necklace.In one corner, 'intuitives' offer palm readings, tarot readings and crystal-ball consultations. Next to the intuitives' table, fairy figurines and succulent plants bask in the light from the shop windows, which overlook a busy block on South Avenue.Nimmo said she's also interested in acquiring vintage or used 'oddities' for sale in the shop. 'Some weird dental device from 100 years ago,' she said. 'You just never know.'
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Nimmo has been studying 'metaphysical' topics for two decades, she said. 'I've always had an interest.' She once studied to be a parapsychologist, she said, likening that field to the Fox Mulder character on 'The X-Files.' She's also worked in law enforcement, fire-fighting, social services and represented southwest Missouri in eight years of national slam poetry competitions.When the space above Springfield Improv became available, Nimmo said she was exploring different paths for herself. Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/News-LeaderShe and her partner, Springfield Improv director Seth White, started joking that a store like Alchemist Attic might be a great fit for downtown.Those conversations prompted an enthusiastic response from friends and family. Nimmo said she kept hearing, 'Yes! From folks in her social circle.'
There is no shop like this on the north side, no place like it downtown,' she added.A similar store, Renaissance Books & Gifts, has operated in south Springfield for 32 years, according to store employee Holly Graves.At Alchemist Attic's grand opening, which took place during July's First Friday Art Walk festivities, Marshfield resident Andrea Jones climbed up to the second floor in search of some 'stress relief' incense.' It's neat,' she said of Alchemist Attic. 'I'm not into tarot reading, I'm a Christian.
But I love incense and things like that. It's like an addiction.' Want to Go?Alchemist Attic308 1/2 South Avenue, 417-234-9235Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-7 p.m.Search 'Alchemist Attic' on Facebook.