Misunderstood

On contemporary, there is this big misconception on the art of magic which is held not only by spectators but also by other magicians. Magic is regarded as the art of deception, art of trickery, art of lies. This simply happens because of the poor performances of so- called "magicians" or people who just had a hand on some magic equipment they bought from a local magic shop. Being a magician does not mean being able to do simple card tricks with the svengali deck or even normal decks. People who are acting like this simply put the art of magic next to what criminals do.

Magic is an art that requires appreciation, passion and respect. If people especially wanna be magicians act this way without understanding the nature of the art simply buries the art of magic way down to the ground.

I have no grudge against magic shops selling cheap magic stuff to people but the thing is, please have the decency to let people understand what magic is. Its nice to sell magic equipment to people but please put in mind that in every equipment you 
sell the code is being broken.

For a time, I was happy seeing people buying magic stuff at least I won't have so much trouble
promoting my craft but in the long run I asked myself "does these people really know what
the nature of magic is?". All I wanna say is, to all the magic shops out there, if you sell magic stuff to non-magicians make sure they understand the art magic first, like give them a copy of the code or ethics regarding magic. Don't think about profit, coz without letting people understand what magic is, later on magic would just be congruent to mere trickery just like what con artists (manggaganchu) do and believe it or not, people won't buy from magic shops anymore. 

Nonetheless, magic was never an art of lying and deception. It is an art that should be respected. Magic is not about the feats you do, it is about the MAGICIAN.