On the presence of the artifice

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else"

Albert Einstein

Howdie again my lovely readers, I thought today I would share with you my views on a subject long exploited and investigated in extent by the Spanish school of magic and not so much by the American

I am of course referring to the presence of the artifice in the presentation of magic 

Last year I attended an exclusive premiere for a lecture called "art and artifice" by the amazing Argentinian conjuror by the name of Roberto Mansilla. The event represented a turning point in my magical journey for it was right at that point in which I left the Spanish way of thinking and I was taken under the wings of strong magic, however religious the latter may sound

I noticed that both the Tamariz paradigm and Darwin's have something in common when it comes to the way in which they conceive the spectator's elimination methodology when trying to find a plausible solution for a magical effect.

Nevertheless I have always found it annoying that so many American magicians feel the need to constantly remind to the spectators that magic is not really real by making said elimination process rather annoyingly explicit.

Sometimes they also make the same mistake almost unconsciously by calling themselves "sleight of hand magicians"

The fault becomes quite evident when you put it in perspective. Could you imagine Henry Evans handing out a business card that read "gimmick magician", I guess you get my point, do you not?

I would however seem a tad Of a hypocritical idiot not to mention the fact that being most of my performance items superlative displays of skill I find myself presented with a dilemma. 

Is it possible to sustain the performance persona of a magician and at the same time eliminate the presence of the artifice entirely?

The question shall remain unanswered...

For some exceptions to the previously exposed postulate I must urge you check out the work of who I think is quite simply the best performer of the present times. I am speaking about the lovely Derren Brown and his show "Svengali". To this day it remains the best show this humble writer has ever had the pleasure to watch 

Professor moriarty now leaves the building lovely readers, workout must once again continue.

"If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?"

Robin Williams