Super Crap

We have all been taught to consider all the places a trick can go wrong - and then prepare for each and everyone of them. This is the golden rule in escapes (where a mistake can cost the performer his or her life), but it also extends to ALL magic.

For example, did you consider this possibility for your version of the "Sucker Silk to Egg" trick:



Betcha didn't! But seriously, you should be thinking really far out of the box in considering what outs you need to device. In fact, as I have found, sometimes your outs are better than the tricks themselves and you end up with a completely new method to an old effect!

There's something else you should learn from this cartoon, too: if this is what Superman - the morally-pure superhero who is supposed to represent all of America's ideals - thinks of magicians, then what can we expect of everyone else? Our job is not that different from Superman's: we must protect the world from evil (the evil of shitty magicians, that is) and show people that the impossible is really possible. Keep that in mind when you go out into the world to perform.