Monday, September 01, 2008

Face the Magic




Behind all of the main faces above smiles street performer Masaji Terasawa, known more familiarly at the annual Missouri Botanical Garden as "The Candyman".

For me, most of the magicians I've seen make me spend most of the entertaining time trying to figure out how they do what they do. Not so with The Candyman. His magic is subtle, sewn so tightly within the fabric of his entertainment you don't even think about it being there. He's not trying to wow, just trying to smile. Like comparing Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Kelly always looks like he's trying too hard to entertain, while Astaire doesn't seem to care about anything but the clouds beneath his feet.