{"id":3040,"date":"2021-10-14T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2021-10-14T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T22:11:42","slug":"the-hopefulness-of-a-magician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-hopefulness-of-a-magician\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hopefulness Of A Magician"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" data-attachment-id=\"3042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/the-hopefulness-of-a-magician\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?fit=2000%2C1053&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1053\" 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-allec-gomes-9482080-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?fit=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C539&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C539&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C539&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pexels-allec-gomes-9482080-1.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I started learning magic tricks when I was seven years old. We went to Disney World and all I wanted to do there was go to the magic shop. My mom bought me some tricks and I showed them to everyone before I practiced. I did my first professional show at age 11. I loved it. No other kids my age were doing it and it was so fascinating to see how the tricks worked and get a reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew a fascination with juggling, unicycling, and a bunch of other stuff that gave me the same feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the outside world, magic and juggling might seem like the same thing but they generally attract different kinds of people. In trying to determine why I liked both of them, I came to think about professional athletes. I&#8217;ve been inspired and motivated by professional athletes. I don&#8217;t watch a lot of games, but I love highlight reels and biographies, and sports movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I love seeing someone great.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing someone achieve amazing things in a specialty is beautiful to me. It&#8217;s powerful. It gives me more self-love. In magic, I realize, gave people the feeling that more is possible beyond what they see. In juggling, I gave them the feeling that a normal person could do more with their body. I love gifting hope. That has been my drive in so many of the things that I do. That has been the thing that makes me feel like I&#8217;m improving the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started learning magic tricks when I was seven years old. We went to Disney World and all I wanted to do there was go to the magic shop. My mom bought me some tricks and I showed them to everyone before I practiced. 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