BELINDA
The Urban Wizard
I
extend my warmest regards to all the readers of VANISH.
I have recently been asked to introduce myself to you. After ruminating
about it for a long while I thought I might begin sharing a bit of my journey,
along with some views and opinions regarding the symbiotic relationship
between art in theatre and it’s place in magic.
A little about me:
I grew up in Manhattan New York City, Studied theatre, film, medicine,
psychology, theology, editing, code and found my passion with magic. I
am fortunate enough to perform, produce and consult with wonderful and
talented people and six years ago opened my library and journey to the public
to share in the wonder of it all.
It is not my intention to send magic to its death with an over abundance of
theory, but I would like to share some values that I believe helped me most with
my endeavors in magic, and helped achieve moments that are continuously
changing my performing experience.
For my pleasure, and hopefully you’ll enjoy bits of it as
well, I chose to write about some topics and
some exercises that encourage
me.
12 MARCH | 2020
PSYCHOBABBLE
“In my obscurity came forth a light that illuminated my soul” ….
That was MAGIC.
Magic challenges our basic concepts of reality and our natural order of
things. It takes an incredible amount of courage to walk on stage and
attempt to convince an audience that restrictions and boundaries are
limit-less. We can show you what this looks like. We hold the secrets.
We make miracles happen. We ride the fine line between reality and
unreality of Illusion, dreams and fantasy. We create and recreate the
impression that we are capable of stepping between imaginary lines,
and on the other side there’s a world that brings joy and wonder. We
know a secret. We have these colorful boxes and climb into secret
compartments, step into imaginary dimensions and bring back
miracles we want to share with you.
This is a powerful place to stand and magic becomes a powerful tool
that needs guidance and care. We’ve been subject of far too many
clichés and I think we are quite responsible for them.