I’m a magician. I let go of magic because [1] I realized that I’d rather be a scientist or engineer than an entertainer, [2] I don’t like talking about magic with laymen and [3] it’s hard to give others your full attention when in the back of your mind you’re figuring out how to deceive them.
I almost never perform magic tricks anymore. Fortunately the autodidactic skills I learned from magic transferred well to everything else in my life, as does the sense of presence I learned to project.
Magic.
I’m a magician. I let go of magic because [1] I realized that I’d rather be a scientist or engineer than an entertainer, [2] I don’t like talking about magic with laymen and [3] it’s hard to give others your full attention when in the back of your mind you’re figuring out how to deceive them.
I almost never perform magic tricks anymore. Fortunately the autodidactic skills I learned from magic transferred well to everything else in my life, as does the sense of presence I learned to project.