by kalen7791 » Apr 9th, '11, 00:56
I Started learning magic at around the age of 13 with a friend of mine the now owner of the online magic shop The Magic Depot. I've done magic for restaurants, churches, camps and at festivals here in the Grand Lake area for many years after. I have always refused tips and the offers to work for pay because I never wanted something I love to become work. But alas even just doing it all the time for fun I became burnt out. As I have come to understand allot of us have at one time or another. I was a member of the I.B.M. and continued to read its monthly magazine The Linking Ring even though I had stopped performing. In one issue I came across a One Man Parade on a bizarrist by the name of Ed Solomon. I was soon hooked. I began to study everything I could find on the subject. This led me to books by Docc Hilford, Eugene Burger, Corinda and many many others. I have been doing this style of magic ever since. I still on occasion perform magic in restaurants and other places but my true passion is in this more underground medium.