Magic

Been to a magic show today after Yeeeeeears!!

The truly professional one (not counting the ones in school and society sponsored ones in Dr.A.S.Rao Nagar) I went was a P.C. Sorcar Jr show in Ravindra Bharati years ago (’93-’94) with Sasikiran and Karthik, P.C. Sorcar Jr was well, good, not exceptional. For some reason, I’ve not been over awed to the extent I should have been, but again, how can I know something that I have not experienced. I remember some of his tricks, chopping his wife into two using a saw, another one telling you not to blink and I blinked as soon as he uttered that words :), tricks involving drawing on a blackboard blindfolded, while everyone had to draw a mathematical symbol, one smarty I remember drew a ‘#’, that eventually got converted to the jewel in P.C. Sorcar Jr’s turban after he added his mastered strokes on the blackboard.

In a strong quest towards spirituality and mysteries of nature/supernatural events that become my momentary passions several times a month, magicians stand at the lowest rung of the ladder, but most tricks are, even though not very obvious, understood to a large extent. Sleight of hand, card tricks, etc are as we all know, plain tricks, to fool the eye. However very few are unexplainable, I believed, Uri Geller for one was a man with extra ordinary brain power. His performances were not just mere tricks, however there are allegations he failed in controlled conditions. Then David Copperfield is just mind blowing, but I have not seen him live, so can’t say much.

Well, today Norman ng (pronounced Norman ‘ing’) wasn’t bad either, he is an entertainer along with being a magician. The energy around was exciting enough, all the participants among the audience were sportive and funny.

Below is a brief clip from his site, Normanmagic.net and most of his tricks on stage are in this video,

David Copperfield’s clip below