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I mean most of yall know how things are done by seeing them, but are you still entertained and wowed by some tricks?

Even the best magicians are completely fooled sometimes.

Of course. I'm fooled by at least half of the effects for which I see videos - just because I know how some effects work doesn't mean I know them all. For example, almost all non-card magic never fails to impress me (congrats dat!)...

Kati

Most definately!

I'm impressed by a good trick and impressed by most who have the ability to stand up in front of a crowd of strangers and perfrom.

Whilst I perform, I can also be entertained by a good magic routine.

I think, if you stop being amazed and impressed by magic - you should hang it up and find something else to do with your time.

I'm amazed when I watch tricks that I myself perform. Every kind of effect blows my mind. Much of my joy comes from knowing an effect cold, but seeing someone else put a spin on it. I love watching multiple variations of effects.

I also have no problem saying that quite a few people on here have made me scratch my head and feel like a complete layman (not that I'm far removed from such as it is).

I am impressed by my peers. And I am and always will be a student to them.

I watched Simon Lovell's Lecture notes this weekend, and I was bowled over by not so much his magic but his fluent passion and charisma. He makes the magic seem so personal, and even the simplest sleight such as a DL looks like his own.

And it's not just professionals who impress me. I love reading posts and watching videos HERE on TM, because much of the magic talent which wows other people is also important.

It is also important not to become genre-centric in your magic intake. Sure, you may be a coin magician predominantly, but take in some other areas and see what's going on out there. There's some fantastic stuff about, and these forums are a great place to sit back, listen and have your horizons broadened.

And of course, for some people, it's easy to dissect an effect you've seen and work out how it's done. But for me, most of the enjoyment is watching a professional at work. Even the most mundane effect can look like magic in the right hands

As for magic getting boring, I don't think it ever will. Like music, or cinema, or books, Magic is constantly evolving and staying contemporary. It is true that a lot of work we see is just variations of old moves by old magicians, but it's the performances and new ideas injected which make the magic.

Although, I do despise the 'Magician's magicians' a little, the ones who create solely for the purpose of being far too clever. Their stuff just isn't commercially workable, and my personal preference is for workable real-world material. I like to see an effect working to laypeople.