Sometimes having a prop making business is fun.. other times it's not. Such as when you break something and have to remake it.. 2 or 3 times. I'm ok doing this for myself, but sometimes I wish I charged more. I might start. However until then I just have to get thru all of this weirdness of the "side gig".

Creativity, thou art a harsh mistress.

I don't post here much because I don't have that much I don't share elsewhere. However, there are times when I have to wonder if the journey is all worth it, and if it is... what happens when I get to where I am going?

It's so weird to watch people creating ideas so uninhibited by reality in front of your very eyes, it makes you feel like an amateur.

It's always kinda saddened me that a number of my friends who are very creative and good performers just never really had the gumption (Yes I did just use that word back off) to peruse anything outside of their comfort zone.

You can only try to encourage so much before you just have to let them sit still.

Weird.

I miss looking thru magic catalogs and circling things I might want someday. *sigh*

I consider myself lucky to have gotten to meet, perform with, and sometimes be friends with those who I see as visionaries in the art of magic. Those who do things a little bit differently. The guys who I watched on TV in my youth who showed me that magic isn't just tuxes, doves, and big silly boxes.

I can never express my gratitude to those people without sounding like an utter tard, so here I say a collective thank you and tip of my red hat to those who have taken it upon themselves to make this world a more awesome place and give a humble optical illusionist a chance every now and again.

May we all find what we're looking for in the end.

Sometimes it seems odd to me that we can be so passionate about something as trivial as magic... or even entertainment. Then I realize that it's because we actually care and to have something you love so much you will speak your mind on it to anyone who asks is a beautiful thing.

Live, love, feel, and by all means care about something.

It's nice to know that I can still get excited over a new/original/unique idea in magic to this day. I LIVE for those moments where something is so cool it almost gives you chills because you can picture it and know how awesome it is. Be it from something of my own or my friends... today was the latter and I'm excited for him.