The best magic tricks are the ones that make you question reality. But the key to selling a magic trick isn't just skill but showmanship. It's like Houdini said: "what the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes." My nan did the best disappearing act. She died. A disappearing act has two parts. Something disappears and then it comes back. If my nan ever came back, maybe my life will still have meaning. I feel like part of my soul is buried with my nan but has left me with a bottomless pit inside of me instead.
Houdini once said: "It's still an open question as to what extent exposure injures performance?" In high school, any kind of exposure can get you into trouble. It's like pick-pockets for example. Pick-pockets steal things that they think that they might need. Someone might think that it is stealing but find an escape for themselves. But taking something from someone doesn't turn you into that sort of person, it just leaves you further away from yourself.
Houdini once said: "My brain is the key to set my mind free." And that's true whether or not you're a magician. There's no-one that can make you feel worse about yourself than you can. Not the school bully, not your parents, not your best friend. Just your own brain telling you things that you don't want to hear.
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Life sayings that mean something
Non-FictionThese are some personal thoughts on what life is like and what you take from different situations or just things that happen that you don't expect. These are quotes or pieces of advice if you like that help you and others to believe in themselves an...
