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Magical moments
A bracadabra! Hocus-pocus! Hanky-panky!! These words have for long been associated with the art to which I belong — the art of magic!!!
I am proud to belong to this art of making things appear and disappear, that too in a jiffy! Materialising doves, producing and vanishing playing cards, changing a burning piece of paper into a long ribbon and... the list goes on and on. Why, even monuments like the Taj Mahal disappear into thin air for a while!
I was drawn into this profession when I watched a couple of magic shows. I decided to learn magic myself. It was a long uphill struggle, a never-ending journey of highs and lows. But, surely there was progress, as I gained in confidence and maturity.
Oh, the world of a magic show — it is a dream come true. The mysterious music helps to build up the tempo, lending an aura around the magician. Then begins the series of acts, enthralling the audience. Sometimes, the performer outdoes his performance. A magician has to practise to ensure a flawless performance. Like the two banks of a river, they never meet. Of course, the results can be entertaining...
Let me share a couple of incidents that happened during my magic shows.
I was called to perform at a birthday party. The birthday boy and his sister had just had a fight and so he was in a very bad mood.
While I was performing on stage, he hurled glasses at me. (Luckily, they were plastic glasses, or I wouldn't be writing this article today!) I was in a fix. His parents told me to please him at any cost. My best efforts in pleasing him went down the drain.
Then, it struck me! I made a paper cone and I produced steel glasses from it. Taking one of these glasses, I poured water in it and told him through my actions that glasses are meant to drink water rather than to hurl at people. The effect of this act changed him so much that till today, he remembers me while drinking water!
Another occasion, when I had just materialised a dove from a silk hanky, it simply flew away, leaving me flabbergasted!
I quickly collected my wits and told the audience that the dove was angry with me, as I had failed to feed it that day! The audience burst into laughter and I was saved!
One benefit of my shows is that I have lost my stage fear. I have gained in the art of self-reliance and transformed me from a bashful introvert into a magnetic personality.
The only remuneration I require is in being a successful magician, for which I require your prayers too.
Long live magic!
Saraschandra, IX
Hyderabad: St. Paul's High School
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