So yeah, watching and doing magic is my relief from med school. I've gotten through most of Royal Road, and I'm currently reading Bobo (Beauxbeau). I'm also studying spongeballs under the Ben Salinas DVD. Yes, I know it's Magic Makers and they have a reputation, but you can find even the toughest of hardballs on Magic Cafe and magictalk giving it a thumbs up.
There are two things I've learned about magic:
1) Sleight of hand is the real magic, so sayeth The Professor, Dai Vernon.
2) Never do magic for med students. They'll probably figure it out. If they can't, they still won't be too impressed. If they can't yet, they'll find those dumb reveal videos online, or they'll physically buy a product that explains it. If they can, they'll tell people how it's done. Med students are impossible to impress, really.
The thing I love about magic is that it contrasts my normal personality so much, and I need it. I'm normally a logician, a scientist, and a free thinker. However, doing magic, watching magic, and showing magic means I can suspend my own belief of reality for a while. It's something I was never good at until Kaitlyn convinced me to do magic tricks for her, and as I got more and more into it and learning it, I realized that about myself, that it's really all right to just "believe" rather than "know".
I also voluntarily do not choose to learn a trick if I know I won't be performing it. I keep everything a secret. I think it's something people SHOULD do. Don't bother learning a trick unless you're actually going to do it for someone else!
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