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Find the Magic in Your World

by Ken on March 3, 2010

in Creative

“That’s the thing with magic. You’ve got to know it’s still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.” Charles de Lint

You probably don’t believe in fake magic. You’re old enough to know better.

The woman doesn’t really get sawn in half. The rabbit doesn’t actually materialize out of thin air. You may not know how the trick is done, but you’re smart enough to know it’s a trick.

But you should never think you’re too old or too smart to believe in real magic, the inexplicable wonder contained inside things both small and ordinary.
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Remember What the Big Picture’s Made Of

December 10, 2009

Sometimes we can’t see the trees for the forest. Wrapped up in the idea of producing a great piece of writing, we fail to focus on the next sentence. Hungry to draw a great picture, we forget to pay attention to the simple line before us. Eager to make our millions, we forget about the [...]

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