Magician Matias' Magic Blog

Like many other magicians, I think that one of the purposes of our magic should be try to leave a memorable experience in our spectators with all the tools we have at our disposal. In other words, this experience should be remembered for years.

As pointed out by Darwin Ortiz in “Strong Magic“, a magical experience is a

“(…)qualitatively different experience than the one you can get with music, dance, comedy or any other form of entertainment, not necessarily better but different. This unique experience stems from the mystery, of experience the impossible.” (Ortiz, Darwin (1999). “Strong Magic”, Ediciones Laura Avilés, Pg. 24.)

And it is precisely this magic impossibility to which we are called to discover and transmit. How many times have you had someone asked you if you can repeat a trick they saw somewhere in the past, perhaps years ago, performed by another magician? These magicians left an indelible mark on their hearts, because he/she made them experience the impossible. Thus, even they still can’t find an answer, they want to have that experience again. Maybe it was a very simple and easy effect anybody can do. But they -these magicians- did something different, they took a different path, they sought into their own essence and found a way to make their audience have a magical experience for life.

So, why do some magicians succeed and others don’t? Because the first ones worked through their own style, differentiating themselves from the other magicians, and finally transmitted their magic world with success. Such magicians are, just to name a few, René Lavand, Juan Tamariz, Dani Lary, David Copperfield, Pit Hartling, Michael Ammar and many other. Each and every one of them has made us live magical experiences.

So my first call-to-action is to make our audiences have a memorable and unique experience. And to achieve this, we must learn how to get to the emotions. In other words, we must create an emotional connection between them and us.

Magically,

Magician Matias