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David Deanie New user Scotland 63 Posts |
I had always been interested in unusual and different things as a young child and that's where it started! I got a book by Jon tremaine-the amazing book of magic and I loved that book to bits!I tried out almost every trick-everything I had to make I made it! It was the Gizmo that caused problems-I could just not get this string to pass through my leg or a chair-through anything!I had fun with it but other interests took over it.
Several years later I had a book on Origami-something I had always been interested in, I loved folding the models-creating something from a sheet of paper-I thought it was magic! Then, one day, I read the intro to the book and found out it had been written by,none other than, Jon Tremaine!He called it the magic of folding paper- took me back onto the track of magic! got interested even more, join the Glasgow School of magic, stayed with it as it became the Glasgow magic circle and so the story continues....... |
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ShidennOdmistL Regular user Vegas 109 Posts |
As a child, I remember seeing Copperfield and Blaine and Burton on the tv. What they did was so amazing. I thought it was so cool how they made impossible things possible. That was just a spark. But what lit the whole flame was seeing the expression a person has when they see a trick and believe in it. I love how that each time they're face lights up with amusement. No matter what you do in life, magic has a way of making people think "Wow. That was incredible."
Sol
Sol Hiden N D Mist...
Never look back.... |
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Phil Thomas Inner circle Newark, Ohio 1117 Posts |
I'm a young buck, so for me, it was David Copperfield. The vanish of the Statue of Liberty, walking through the Great Wall of China, vanishing an airplaine, vanishing an Orient Express train car, the list goes on. Even though I don't perform grand illusion (yet) I was still fascinated. I knew magic was what I wanted to do and I thank Mr. Copperfield for sparking my interest. Since seeing my first DC special on CBS, I was doing magic for my friends and family, and am proud to still be a part of this wonderful art to this day.
Phil
"If we lose the sense of the mysterious, life is no more than a snuffed out candle."
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Eirik Special user Oslo 879 Posts |
Well, Rome - Italy 1992. High school trip. We all went to this gigantic market and me and a couple of friends was stopped by this old guy sitting by a carboard box, well, guess what? Fooled my pants off with a "simple" handeling of the 3 shell game,
I lost about $200 in one swoop. I told myself "I'll search until I die to find out how he did that"... -e-
...As long as i`m not a world-champion at anything, the great reactions of doin` magic will do just fine.....
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ShidennOdmistL Regular user Vegas 109 Posts |
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On 2004-10-22 12:46, sinnead zenun wrote: Sinnead, I can sympathize with you. Sometimes, unknowing filipinos think the incredible stuff, like magic, is part of the devil. Im filipino. I would know. Sol
Sol Hiden N D Mist...
Never look back.... |
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Reverand New user San Diego, CA 3 Posts |
Mr. Erik that same thing, the three card game happened to some friends and myself in spain.
But actually the thing that got me started on magic was the Worlds Greatest Magic shows inthe early 90's
"We Are The Music Makers And Dreamers Of Dreams"
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tsch New user 3 Posts |
One of my earliest memories is watching David Copperfield go through the Great Wall. That left a pretty big impression on me.
When I was 12 or 13 we took a train trip that had a card magician on board. He recommended a card book to be and taught me some tricks. I started reading about magicians (mostly Houdini) and practiced a little, but ended up not having enough time to devote. Then this past weekend my girlfriend and I went to see DC at Arizona State University, and since then I've been driving her nuts with requests to "Pick a card." It's funny how many little tricks I remember after 10+ years. These forums are great, I really appreciate all the information here. Thank you all! |
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qurgh New user Independence, KY 51 Posts |
For me it was probably Paul Daniels as a young kid. I used to watch all his shows and I even remember watching a show called Wizbit about this strange creature. Then for Christmas one year I got a Paul Daniels magic Set and since then have always had an intrest. I really got back into it about 8 months back, most likely from watching a ton of Penn and Teller's Bulls**t on cable. Each week they did a couple of tricks and that rekindled the fire. I went off to the local Barnes and Nobles and picked up a copy of Mark Wilson's Complete Magic Course and the rest is history as they say.
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paulsmagic Regular user 130 Posts |
As a shy young boy, magic was a way to get attention without having regular conversation. going to the library and learning from books abt magic in my spare time was a way to learn how to socialize. it stimulates your mind. I (i feel like I'm in therapy)
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sugam Regular user Toronto, Canada 175 Posts |
I also watched a fair bit of Paul Daniels. Don't remember when I received a magic set... y'know... the ones with the disappearing yellow egg in the red holder, and the disappearing coin in that sliding gimmick.
Later on, World's Greatest Magic specials increased my interest. |
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Chris Miller Loyal user Rochester, NY 242 Posts |
Someone gave me a magic set when I was a kid, and I dabbled, but my interest was really piqued when I saw a magician perform on a small stage at the Rennaisance festival in Upstate NY a few years later. I had seen other magicians (in theaters), but something was so cool about the type of magic I saw this guy do, like Cups & Balls and the Linking Rings. Really made me practice what I had and seek out more effects.
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mb5191 New user 30 Posts |
One day my dad came back from work with a box-o-tricks he got at a yard sale I loved it and ever scince I've been hooked.
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Ziggy New user SW Washington State 51 Posts |
I saw Doug Henning on TV and was in awe. later on came David Copperfield and then I walked into a magic shop and I bought my first Svengali Deck.
"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.."
Oscar Wilde |
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kihei kid Inner circle Dog House 1039 Posts |
In the mid 60’s I saw a commercial on T.V. for a magic kit. The magician did a short clip of the multiplying balls and the ball and vase; I was hooked forever after that.
Probably even more so after I found out how it was achieved.
In loving memory of Hughie Thomasson 1952-2007.
You brought something beautiful to this world, you touched my heart, my soul and my life. You will be greatly missed. Until we meet again “my old friend”. |
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Nick Wait Inner circle Lichfield, UK 1042 Posts |
I think it was marvins magic circle set that got me hooked. Iam only 15 but I got that when I was 6 and I spent ages going through it. And although I don't like him now DB was a big influence when I was just getting started.
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onebark Regular user Atlanta, GA 141 Posts |
Oh man! What a question!
It all goes back to when I was 4 years old, and my father would vanish a cigarette or a quarter and make them appear behind my ear. I couldn't figure it out for years! He amazed my innocent young mind. Now, dad was not a magician, but he had an interest in side-show type stuff. Later my parents bought me a Hanky-Panky magic set for Christmas (8 years old?). Then the boy down the street tought me some card tricks. That was the end of it until I was 36, when I bought my 9 year old a die-cypher type trick from the toy store (you know, the $3 plastic job?). He never was interested in it, but I fell in love with the concept and have been obsessively performing magic ever since. Thanks, Dad!!! Jesse |
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Jaxon Inner circle Kalamazoo, Mi. 2537 Posts |
For me it's a kind of emotional memory. I explain this in more detail on my site but her's a short version of it.
I'm next to the youngest of 5 siblings (4 boys and one poor girl in the middle). My next to the oldest brother Paul was stationed in the air force in California. He was killed in a car crash while serving there. A few months later my family and I flew down there for a memorial service for my brother. My younger brother and I made many of my brothers friends cry when they saw us because they said we looked so much like Paul it was almost like seeing his ghost. Anyway, it wasn't a very fun trip. We where still morning and weren't in much of a mood for sight seeing, but Pauls military friends did show us around. On one of the trips we went to a place near SanFransisco called Pier 39. I hear it's still there to this day but it's changed quite a bit. When we went there it was kind of like an outside mall. It had a variety of different shops such as a Kite store, a yo-Yo store, a left handed store (all left handed things like scissors) and I'm sure you guessed it. They also had a magic shop. I actually got in trouble in this magic shop because I spent all my vacation money in there behind my parents back. I'm trying to remember all that I picked up. I remember one was called the Ickle Pickle nickle. This was a magnet gimmick with a shell penny. Another was the professors night mare. Looking back I'm sure it was a rip off because it had a different name. I also picked up a version of the hot rod (Not gems just colored sections). I spent the next few months trying to perfect these things. Then I found out some unbelievable news. There was a magic shop in my home town only about a mile from my house. It's called The Timid Rabbit. It's owned by a very good magicians named Tony Gerard. His shop has changed locations since then (About 3 miles from my house now) but it's still here. It became like a second home to me. I went to the magic shop every chance I got and spent any money I made there. The rest is history. I picked up books, tricks props and eventually started coming up with my own things. It also helps that Abbotts magic is only about 30 miles from my home. To this day I feel my brother Paul had something to do with me finding that magic shop. It really did change my life. Thank you Paul! Ron Jaxon |
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etawil New user New York 64 Posts |
When I was a little kid, my older cousin performed a trick for the family--coin in nest of boxes. He had a coin signed, put it behind his back, and then brought his hands forward with a box. Inside the box was another box, and so on, and several little boxes and bags and rubber-bands later, the signed coin was in the box. I was so anxious to know how it was done that I cried! Then came the magic sets--eventually I did find one with the nest of boxes trick in it, and boy was I disappointed in the secret. A few years later one of my friends had bought STARS OF MAGIC, and he showed me some of the Vernon stuff he was working on. That's when it really took hold.
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Ricardo_magician Regular user 101 Posts |
Hi
what sparked me of with magic. it was when I was eight my brought a magic kit for my friends birthday. and when I got home from the party I wouldnt stop crying until my mum brought one for me. Ricardo the Magician |
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Wendy Wylde New user Aurora, Colorado 59 Posts |
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On 2004-12-11 02:53, Jaxon wrote: Hi Jaxon, Wow! What a sad but beautiful way to have gotten into magic. Thank you for sharing this with us. And thanks for getting into magic, because Outsmokin' ROCKS, and if you hadn't it wouldn't exist. As for me, at about 8 years old I saw another kid do some packet trick at school - badly. And I remember watching him and thinking "Hmm, that could've been better." And so I started buying packet tricks with my lunch money (Mom was not pleased when she caught on). Then I discovered the magic section at the library and found the joy of magic books. I was completely addicted! I gave it up for a while, for stupid reasons that made sense at the time, but I missed it so much, and now I'm getting it back and it's like coming home. I love magic, and I will not let it go again. Ever. Wendy
If you have ghosts, you have everything....
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