Jim Coles On Arrogant Magicians
Jim Coles has posted a wonderfully written piece on how magicians can be the most arrogant people you meet.
This article hits the nail on the head in pointing out that knowing a few secrets and practising some clever sleights should not give you a sense of superiority over others. In fact he postulates that this tendency may be the reason that “magic acts are viewed as only slightly more appealing than clown acts”. I couldn’t agree more with what he has to say, and could never have written it so eloquently as Jim.
Read the following snippet then head on over to Unexpected Wonders and read the entire article:
“… magic isn’t just about secrets any more than music is just about the notes. And it’s patently absurd for anyone to feel a sense of superiority over something which is at its heart so mundane — can you imagine a musician copping a superior attitude because he knows his scales? Yes, we like to make much ado about the secrets of magic and pretend we’re dealing with arcane and mysterious bits of knowledge, but when you get right down to it the secrets are, while sometimes very clever, as illusory as the effects they produce”
