mar29.2008

Deep down inside, in each of us, a part of us wants to believe that magic is real.

Some of us fear that, but others wish for it to be true.

Nevertheless, there are moments in our lives when we are caught off guard by what may be a truly magical moment. In fact, many of us are often too caught up in the everyday complications that is life to take time to observe, or notice the little things that do indeed make the world magical.

I think I am getting better at understanding this. Yes, I'm talking about magic. I can imagine that there are some magicians who go out of their way to demonstrate a complicated and elaborate card trick, thinking it will amaze his or her audience. The truth is - tricks can do two things. It can fool people, or it can amaze people.

No one wants to be fooled. But they do enjoy being amazed once in a while, by something they didn't think would happen. Now, I'm not saying I never fool people. It happens. In fact, card magic is all about fooling people, in the early stages, at least. Think about it, any little kid can come up to you, let you pick a card, and find it. That's a trick, not magic.

I'm sure this has been said many times by many people, but I suppose I will repeat this. Magic is all about creating, for a certain individual, a single moment where they are exposed. Exposed to the impossible, being all of a sudden possible.

I think I'm getting the hang of that.

But, really, that was all just a complicated and elaborate trick so that I can talk about something else. Not entirely irrelevant, but a bit more important, at least.

On the flip side of things, sometimes, people do wish that all of a sudden, their lives could take a twist, and magic can change things. We've all felt it - that, if only, something magical could happen. It would change everything for the better.

Magic.