Life's managed, not cured.
Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.
Magicians guard an empty safe.
The art of a magician is not found in the simple deception, but in what surrounds it, the construction of a reality which supports the illusion.
Almost any trick can be improved by thinking through it slowlyThe first step is to not blink
Every once in a while, magicians strike gold. David Regal has created and produced the perfect close-up illusion.
Brilliant. The Ontology Project is a post-graduate course in card magic.
The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country, and possibly Kabul, within perhaps a short time. I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's. The role of women in that space is terrifying, and the idea of retribution is a nightmare.
Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk. . . How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!
I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.
The climate is not tomorrow. The climate is a year off or maybe 10 years off. So we have to be really clear that we're solving the crisis of economic insecurity at the same time.