Scrolls
By Tim "Santiago" Converse
Scrolls, marvelous, wonderful and secret things were written upon them. Now, a new kind of Scroll.
Scrolls is about magic. Scrolls is about story telling. Scrolls is about The Author’s efforts, thoughts and journeys into the world of Bizarre Magic.
What is Bizarre Magic? Good question, and one to which you are not likely to find a good answer. It is a question which comes up with frightening regularity among many of the magicians the author has had the good fortune to talk with.
No matter how hard we all try, we just can’t seem to come up with a good answer.
To the author, Bizarre Magic is about story telling. It’s about using a combination of magic and stories to produce a feeling. Many magicians these days are after only two particular feelings: “Wow!” and “Ha ha ha!”
A lot of Bizarre Magicians seem to think that the only other feeling worth going after is fear.
We don’t agree. There are a great many other feelings out there worth exploring.
A favorite is Wonder. Not as in “I wonder how he did that?,” but rather as in experiencing the wonder of everything in and around you.
Sometimes fear is the trigger for that. Sometimes “Wow!” and even sometimes “Ha ha ha!”
Contained in these pages are some of Tim’s routines, articles and obsessions.
You will not really find anything in the way of new moves or innovative handling. If anything, you will find that handlings are as simple as possible and even very close to the moves you find described in the store-bought instructions. Where possible, he tries to give credit where it belongs and where it is most certainly due.
Everything is about stories.
Also, as a matter of general concern, you will find that everything is kept as simple as possible. There aren’t many books which focus on Bizarre Magic to begin with, and of the ones that are available, many contain very elaborate effects and very elaborate setups. While these effects are often excellent, sometimes they are so intensive they become difficult to use regularly. And they shouldn’t be.
We almost hate to hear this book referred to as “Bizarre Magic” since there is so much misunderstanding about WHAT bizarre magic is. Like our recent release “Theatrical Magic” By John Pyka, this book is about bringing theatre, feeling and MEANING to your magic!
125 page, large format book, features Essays on Character, Acting, Material and 20 plus routines that you could actually USE.
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Scrolls $39.95
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