What Magic Should be.

Magic should make people happy. A trick should cause wonder and be
truly enjoyable to watch as well as to perform. Magic brings
undescribable feelings to the hearts of audiences and to magicians.
As many of you already know, there is no feeling like glancing up in
the middle of a trick to see smiles from everyone in the audience,
whether the audience is one close friend or thousands of people filling
up an entire theater and watching your every move.



An ideal magic trick is one that will be remembered - when your
audience reconstructs the trick in their mind as they tell their friend
about the magicial feat that you performed, it should be even more
wonderous than the actual trick -- remember that everything you say and
do during the course of a trick will go into the spectator's minds to
be remembered later. There are subtle things you can say and do that
will make the trick stand out even more.





When someone sees you years later after performing a trick, and they
happily describe a miracle that still amazes them, that is magic.
Seeing a little child's eyes light up as they watch you bring magic
into their world is a wonderful feeling. Watching the smiles on the
parents' faces of an enchanted child is almost equally as charming.



As you study to learn the best magic tricks you can get your hands on,
just remember that the latest sleight-of-hand move that you've mastered
isn't cool just because you can do it, but by mastering the mechanics
of this slieght -- which if done right will never be seen or remembered
by the audience -- you're creating memories to last a lifetime. The
better you get, the more you practice your magic tricks, the better
memories you are going to instill in people's lives.



source:trickmagic.com