Viewpoints

Voices on hot topics in the magic world.

Perspectives

When Magic Shops Disappear

As Teller reflects on how the magic shops of his youth in Philadelphia, we can see how these magical spaces provided way more that just magic tricks.

Ben Winn

Perspectives

When Magic Shops Disappear

As Teller reflects on how the magic shops of his youth in Philadelphia, we can see how these magical spaces provided way more that just magic tricks.

Ben Winn

Viewpoints

A Magician’s Secret Weapon

Maybe we can explore the truth, through the creation an illusion. But how are you telling your audiences that story?

Annanya George

Viewpoints

A Magician’s Secret Weapon

Maybe we can explore the truth, through the creation an illusion. But how are you telling your audiences that story?

Annanya George

Perspectives

Silent Manipulators in Conversation: Words and Actions

How two silent manipulators handle the "conversation" with an audience through action and words.

Alex Boyce

Perspectives

Silent Manipulators in Conversation: Words and Actions

How two silent manipulators handle the "conversation" with an audience through action and words.

Alex Boyce

Perspectives

Inés: A Torn and Restored Origin Story

While performing her Torn and Restored Card, Inés recalls falling in love with magic instantly when she saw the trick as a child.

Chloe Olewitz

Perspectives

Inés: A Torn and Restored Origin Story

While performing her Torn and Restored Card, Inés recalls falling in love with magic instantly when she saw the trick as a child.

Chloe Olewitz

Voices

Leaving clues for your future self in the tried, test, and true form: the notebook. As Krystyn Lambert says: "For 16-year-old me, keeping notebooks was easy. I was constantly scribbling down ideas, whether it was documenting a move I was working on or the premise of a joke."

Krystyn Lambert

Voices

Be a Magic Detective

Krystyn Lambert

Voices

Learning Another Kind of Magic Trick

I figured that Bob had some special new illusion to sell me, or perhaps he knew of some show that was for sale that would make me a star in Las Vegas. He asked for a lot of money, so I really wondered what he had up his sleeve.

Paul Gertner