The three-sided coin

The three-sided coin
Everyone suffers under the weight of expectation. We don't have the time or the clinical therapy licence to fully unpack and systematically address this shared trauma, but we can offer some thoughts related to magic and any creative endeavour.

There's a conception within our niche community that we must ‘pick a lane’, so to speak. Are you a wizard gifting moments of revelation to the world-weary? Are you someone who's doing it for fun with friends and family? Do you want to be a stage warrior who travels every week? The bringer of smiles to those nearing the end of their life? A corpo...

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  • Ulises

    Humans engage in activities for many reasons, and art is no exception. So, any universal statement that attempt to declare what art is about is apt to be wrong. And any single handed definition of one’s purpose or intention in engaging with an art is apt to be limited.

    I’ve often struggled, turning this idea into words. Wander freely is so simple and profound, you nailed it!

    Sometimes my guitar becomes the center of the party, where having a good time with family and friends is all I care about. Other times, it becomes my means of finding peace and relaxation in a chaotic world. Occasionally, it become a megaphone for my feelings. And more often than not, grabbing my guitar is a reflex, not different from grabbing a deck of cards, were the fidgeting has no deliberate grand purpose at all. And finally, it’s any of the above, only it’s not my guitar I’m holding, it’s a deck of cards.


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