Magicians are trained to perfect effects. But the effect is only the raw material. Eugene Burger, Rob Zabrecky, and one of my own routines illustrate how performance begins when we stop asking how to demonstrate a trick and start asking what we want the audience to experience.

Magicians are trained to perfect effects. But the effect is only the raw material. Eugene Burger, Rob Zabrecky, and one of my own routines illustrate how performance begins when we stop asking how to demonstrate a trick and start asking what we want the audience to experience.