“If what you see is all you see, you’ve probably missed the main act” ~ Imisi
“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous” ~ A. Einstein
We’d typically meet three kinds of people in our journey through life. Prophets, liars and everyday folks like ourselves shuttling haplessly between prophet and liar. Projecting and predicting, despite seeing no further than the cliff of our noses. We are, essentially, attempting to convince everyone else that we know what we’re about. That we have it all down to a science. Prophet when we’re ‘sure’. Liar when we’re not.
Truth is, life can often feel like making one’s way through a fog with nothing but a flickering candle. But, what’s the alternative? A world with complete, constant and universal clarity? A place where everyone knows everything about everything long into the future and can read minds? Ponder that for a minute. Consider what it means for an all-important component of our existence: the capacity for magic. To know without knowing. To feel without proof. To be lost and yet perfectly on track.
They say there’s a formula for magic. That every magic trick – no matter how grand – follows a familiar pattern. First, the ‘pledge’ – where the host hands you a mundane prop for verification. You give it a quick once-over and signal approval (unless you spot something). Confirmation that this seemingly unremarkable item is, in fact, ordinary. Eve just bit the apple. Adam will fall in line.
Next, in a stage called the ‘Turn’, the magician does the extraordinary with the seemingly regular. They could make the item you vouched for disappear. Or, if a person, they could saw them in two. Or, they could even pull a tower out of a flat sheet of paper. The absolutely incredulous!
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