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Jonathon Bryce
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What Makes a Magician? Part 5 - A reading from the book The Art of Astonishment by Paul Harris. Published by A-1 Multimedia, 1996

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But that primal experience is so powerful, and the taboo of losing our adult mind is so great, that we water down the experience with jokes and excuses and hey, it's just a trick. When the experience of astonishment starts to be recognized as a highly valued destination, the win lose magician versus spectator game starts to dissolve. Suddenly, you're both on the same team, equally responsible for getting the most out of the moment

A series of readings from magic books about what makes a magician. #magic #magictricks #entertainment #hatandhare #jonathonbryce #magician

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Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 2:13

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There's no question that this kind of theatrical immersion not only pulls people into a new space and a new mindset, but it gives people that escapism, but it also imbues in a mind, a sense of wonder. And we need that wonder to solve real life problems. We need our imagination to be ignited. So people in the world of magic, especially you guys, kind of own this space. You're like scientists of pleasure. You understand how we can leap into a believing space
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Jonathon Bryce
@hatandhare · 4:57

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And that's a very important thing to remember as a magician. I mean, are we out there just to fool them? Because if we are, then and those magicians serve a purpose as well, the con man purpose, the carnival worker. I'm out just to give you a cheap thrill. But those that are long standing in magic want to take that journey with the audience as the guide. I went gold mining with my family once in the Black Hills of South Dakota
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