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Guest Post · May 28, 2020

The Certainty of Magic

by Paavan Buddhdev

I recently wrote a book called VANISH. The book breaks down what a vanish is from a magician’s perspective. It also explores the cultural, artistic and philosophical interpretations of making something disappear. I wrote the bulk of it before the...

Guest Post · May 21, 2020

Magical Friendships

by Larry Fong ASC

I am not a magician. I am a cinematographer. I shoot TV commercials, TV shows, and movies. Why am I contributing to this blog? Well, just the fact that I've been asked reinforces one thing in my mind: that one...

Guest Post · Popular · 1 comment · May 14, 2020

Gimmick Building Tools YOU Need

by Davey Rockit Goddard

7 Vital Tools to Create Gimmicks The thought of spending hours handcrafting something that looks completely ordinary is what grabbed my attention to make magic gimmicks. I bought a gaffed deck back home in Nashville in the early 90s and...

Guest Post · 2 comments · May 07, 2020

Hidden Gems of Magic

by Laura London

I’ll never forget the day I discovered one of my favourite tricks, Quadruple Coincidence.

I was sat with David Britland or as others sometimes refer to him as the Oracle… at The Session convention in 2017. We were watching Paul Vigil and Micheal Close interview the legend that is the late Johnny Thompson.

Micheal Close asked if he could share a story with the audience that involved his dear friend Johnny, I for one was hoping he wouldn’t as...

Guest Post · Apr 30, 2020

Who Creates The Magic?

by Edo Huang

What's the point of all this

I've always loved telling people stories on how I started doing magic and what makes me consistently do it until now. Before people knew me as Indonesia's first playing card designer and a magic influencer on social media, I just a young kid from Jakarta Indonesia who loved messing with cards.

Back in elementary school, I remember my grandpa gave me a pop-up magic book, and it amazed me on how the illusions shown in the book really mesmerized my eyes. For me, that was one of many things that influence me doing magic. in 2001 when I graduated from elementary school, and I saw David Blaine's 1998 street magic on local tv and also got to see David Copperfield's show...