{"id":2804,"date":"2021-08-17T16:43:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T23:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T23:43:20","slug":"omg-emotions-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/omg-emotions-please\/","title":{"rendered":"OMG! Emotions, Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-attachment-id=\"2806\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/omg-emotions-please\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?fit=2000%2C1277&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1277\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?fit=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?resize=1024%2C654&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m from the magic and juggling world. We are often seen as cheezy. That&#8217;s another word for shallow. Great jugglers and great magicians bring in their humanity. One thing humans have&#8230; emotions! Easy trick: include emotions in what we do. This applies to any entertainment. Audiences can not absorb anything without a story of a person or people &#8211; even if that person is an anthropomorphized cartoon bunny. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of &#8220;Here&#8217;s a song written by Jed Smithers,&#8221; Say this is a song my &#8220;Mother used to sing to me and it still sometimes makes me cry&#8221; Instead of &#8220;here&#8217;s another thing I can do with my whip,&#8221; Say &#8220;this is my favorite whip trick in the world. It makes me happy. It&#8217;s gotten me through many stormy nights.&#8221;<br><br>See how easy that is? Please, I&#8217;m dying here. Add emotion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m from the magic and juggling world. We are often seen as cheezy. That&#8217;s another word for shallow. Great jugglers and great magicians bring in their humanity. One thing humans have&#8230; emotions! Easy trick: include emotions in what we do. This applies to any entertainment. Audiences can not absorb anything without a story of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10158666434799935_26707174888":"","twitter_aToyMjM4MTQzMDs=_22381430":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/pexels-adrianna-calvo-4615139.jpg?fit=2000%2C1277&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc33gc-Je","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1313,"url":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/1-magic-act-pet-peeve\/","url_meta":{"origin":2804,"position":0},"title":"#1 Magic Act Pet Peeve","author":"scot","date":"July 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're not a magic geek, this may not be for you. 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