The profound triviality of Magic

"The great Tragedy of the 20th century magic in the larger picture is that magicians have taken an art form that is inherently profound and rendered it trivial." Max Maven Max's words here makes me consider my own performances and the material I have chosen to present to audiences around

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In need of therapy!

As I look back on the last few years I've done a lot haven't I? I've had some highs, there have been some lows. And I can report thats the lows are definitely on a less than normal level in recent years woohoo!. There have also been some moments I

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Break it to make it!

There is one thing we creatives are guilty of one time or another. And it is Procrastination. We all have a way of putting things off. Sometimes it's Important things and other times not so important things. And as I found myself this afternoon wanting to get on with a

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A Quick Fix!

June for me is always one of the busiest months of the year as since starting FizzWizzPop I've built up relationships with many schools in Northern Ireland and at the end of the school year they wish to treat their pupils to some fun - some FizzWizzPop Magic! I stumbled

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Just right!

Do you hate it when you order something and it doesn't turn out to be what you expected? This happens A LOT in magic - sadly however there are many occasions when we can actually avoid this problem. There is one item in particular that this has happened to me

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The Word Road block!

Language is the beautiful system in which we have communicated with one another for generations through speech, writing and gestures. It's what makes us human. Language gives us the opportunity to travel, live, explore cultures and talk with people across the globe. It is most importantly, a form of self

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