BREAKING NEWS!

We interrupt this fantabulous blog series to bring you some shocking recent news. The Irish Wonder a.k.a. Nikola Arkane was interviewed by the one and only Erik Tait for The Penguin Magic Podcast. Click here to listen. For your information no actual penguins were harmed in the interview we just

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Prologue

Talent is often thought of as the kind of ability that comes without training—something that you’re born with. It is often contrasted with Skill, which is an ability acquired and developed through practice. Is magic an ability or just something we train to do? Or both? I found myself questioning this

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The Enjoyment Clause!

Studies have discovered that the human brain cannot effectively handle two complex, related activities at once. You either can't do both. Or when you perform two things at the same time, you perform them badly. The word multitasking was originally developed to describe computers - not people. The phrase is

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