Spider Man had his spider bite, (back in my day it was
radioactive, today it is genetically modified) Super Man had Krypton,
even Goku had planet Vegeta. Somewhere, however you slice it, we all
have an origin story. Origin stories are important. They are the
beginnings of our individuality, the fabric of our moral fiber, the
first steps in our walk of life.
In ancient times I
imagine that magicians were seen as heroes. Special and not like us.
Some were gifted with slight of hand and some like Archimedes were just
completely technically adept. Our own Les Paul was called the Wizard of
Waukesha because he could envision things that others simply couldn’t.
From
my standpoint, this is the class that I see Rick Wilcox in. The
illusions in the show are massive in scale. The amount of determination
that it takes to master a trick for “up-close” magic is impressive. Rick
showed me one up close trick that he said took six months to perfect.
That amount of discipline for one trick is impressive. Some tricks take
two years worth of practice and development before they are implemented
in the show.
It led me to wonder; What was Rick’s Origin
Story? How did he begin? Who did he look up to? Well wonder no more
because we now have the story from the man himself! Here it is! Please
share for us and just a heads up our next show is Saturday Oct 1st!
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