I know not all my ideas will be new, but I desperately hope to bring something unique to the magic community. Most of my thoughts have been influenced by past artists and magicians. In the coming months, I plan to revisit those inspirations to clarify what ideas have provenance from others and what may be more original to me.
Here’s a list of books (some invaluable go-tos and some well-known references in magic that I don’t particularly care for but that I feel obligated to include:
- The Books of Wonder by Tommy Wonder
- Scripting Magic by Pete McCabe
- Beyond Deception by Tobias Beckwith
- The Five Points in Magic by Juan Tamariz
- The Magic of Ascanio by Arturo de Ascanio
- Foundations by Eberhardt Riese
- The Fitzkee Trilogy
- Magic and Showmanship by Henning Nelms
- Maximum Entertainment by Ken Weber
- Absolute Magic by Derren Brown