What is our fascination with magic?

The wonder of it. To play with the mind’s perception of real and fantasy. To amaze and entertain.

Shin Lim winner of the 13th season of AGT. Though really watching his performances you really need to reverse the perception. Rewritten it should be called: Welcome to the Shin Lim show of wonder and magical fantastical live dreams.

That, man worked hard from day 1 to put as much into his art and performance with attention dedication and single drive to put out something new and strive to push himself to his own limits and past his own comforts.

You may ask. Why are you writing about Shin Lim all of sudden? The answer is both simple and complicated. As artists of the written word you have to have respect for a follow artist and a appreciation for a relentless pursuit excellence and execution.

Do you know what it’s like to be utterly horrible at a skill you so love to do. To work hard years and decades to achieve a level of progress that comes at the pace of snail in a marathon across a twenty two mile landscape. Some people call you wishful dreamer. All you want and all you see is a hopeful expectation of success in your chosen art of your heart.

Life is full of disappointments and times when you want to lose hope in this writing thing or magic hobby your so enamored with. Yes. Some dreams of mastery come to an end but, you can dream again. That next dream to master the craft can be the fire in your soul that takes you further then you ever imagined.

The work. The work, time and energy I see in the mature artist I can’t help admiring. I can’t help being inspired to reach further and push myself to the limits to grow as a writer and a artist.

L. M Parker.