Nick Farrell recently posted a very interesting article entitled: Playing at Magic. (Note: I have not read the comments section). In a nutshell it says: you need a teacher, you can’t just learn this by yourself.
Frater.Barrabbas argues against this in his blog post. But personally speaking I think that Nick has a point.
This morning I came across David Griffin’s post which re-affirms that you need a teacher.
I don’t have a teacher. In fact, at least 17 out of the 21 signs that Nick lists for identifying someone who is playing at magic can be applied to me.
So this is me hanging up my wizards hat for a while. Bye for now.
My wizard hat has an elastic chin string. It's probably not standard issue.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's just getting dry-cleaned, because this list was arbitrary and very superior sounding. I'm glad I don't dabble in orders, lodges, and covens. Just more rules it's all religion. Do your magic as you see fit.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I hope you're not planning on hanging the hat up for too long. The world needs magicians. And almost as much, perhaps even more, the world needs designers and people whose thought processes are inclined toward building up, discovering flaws, tearing down, and rebuilding.
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