Growing up I loved watching Doug Henning Magic specials on TV. When David Copperfield came along I had kind of lost interest. Then David Blaine came along much latter and I saw him a couple of times and thought his tricks were amazing and his low key "man on the street" style made them even better. But now he's doing more and more of these strange stunts that I don't really call "magic tricks." The CEO and I watched him jump on to a pile of cardboard boxes from some ridiculous height from which he had spent the last week or so standing on. Now he's spending nine days submerged in water then he's going to hold his breath for nine minutes while escaping from chains for the grand finale.
Why do I love magic so much?
And why do I care what David Blaine is doing?
3 comments:
I remember T-C's fascination with magic, and I especially remember a book he had on Houdini...and I remember his magic set. I can still clearly see the red and white checked "silk" hankerchief that was part of it.
I have to say, I don't go for the big television tricks. And once I saw an interview with David Copperfield--he is so creepy! He said he's so busy and intensely into his magic that he only has a few hours a week to be "human". Uh, I don'think so, that guy is definately an alien.
Now, perhaps I'm misunderstanding the cardboard box jump...but huh? If you're going to spend a week living at a high height, why not sit in a redwood tree?
Ka
My favorite (only) Doug Henning quote:
"It's an illusion, and the world is full of illusions, but love is the greatest illusion of all. Thank yeeew."
Click here for magic!
biG
Post a Comment