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A Life of Magic with Teller

Discourse in Magic

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I'm Still Working Silently, Just Like Clarabell

When i was six years old, my mother bought me a magic set for Christmas. I became fascinated with the idea of making things out of cardboard. When i hit high school, my ninth grade english teacher was also the school drama coach and a magician. And pretty much anything i know about acting, i learned from him. As David rosenbald talks about drama, you're talking about what aristotle called 'action in action' By that he means telling a story instead of just showing it to people. That is, imitating an action form has very different effects on magicians. It's like being able to see your own body through someone else's eyes. You can't do

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