Exploring How Magic Inspires Creativity in Technology and Science
Creativity and Conjuring: Does learning magic help people be more creative?
In my experience, there are two main reasons why magicians tend to be highly creative. First, coming up with ideas for magical happenings involves imagining a world that isn’t constrained by reality. For instance, producing something from an apparently empty box...
The Bidirectional Relationship Between Magic and Science
The magician introduces three cups and some little balls. She waves her magic wand and commands the balls to ma- terialise from her hands and rematerialise under the cups. The props seem possessed by supernatural powers as they appear, disappear and penetrate solid...
The Magic of Business Innovation
Why do certain product and service experiences seem to have that undeniable "wow" factor, while others disap-point customers? Perhaps there's no better place to turn to than the world of magic. Below, Stefan Thomke and Jason Randal consider that leading magicians are...
The Art of Astonishment
"IF YOU TAKE ANY ACTIVITY, ANY ART, ANY DISCIPLINE, ANY SKILL, TAKE IT AND PUSH IT AS FAR IT HAS EVER BEEN PUSHED BEFORE, PUSH IT INTO THE WILDEST EDGE OF EDGES, THEN YOU FORCE IT INTO THE REALM OF REAL MAGIC." -TODD ROBINS Astonishment Is Our Natural State Of Mind....
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