Broaden your horizons

One of the things that I tried to instill in the members of the OAI is that magic is a performing art. What this means to me is that you, as the magician, are creating a world for the spectator where it is, in the words of the great Tommy Wonder "possible to pass a ball" through a solid object or hang a coin invisibly in mid air, not just performing a sleight.

One of the best ways to improve this world that you create for the spectator is to add some spectacle: color, movement, music, anything helps. But the way that you include things like that is to broaden your performance horizons to include things like:

• Juggling
• Fire-breathing
• Poi
• Sphereplay
• Dance

By expanding your performance horizons, you allow yourself access to a new style of performance and performance philosophy  that will help you to create new, more exciting magic for yourself and others.

So take a look at taking on new skills and hobbies and see if just the act of learning something new doesn't spark the creativity inside you.

~Cameron Rivers, Kings To You Magic