Magic is Might
Welcome. I hope you will embark upon this journey where we will be entering a magical realm from within my imagination. Sharing ideas, hopes, aspirations, dreams.
I’ve been blogging on and off for some years, I have another blog which focusses on my creative writing efforts you can check out via http://nigelpquinn.blogspot.co.uk/.
Here you will discover some of my views on the creative writing process. I’ve been involved in film/TV script development over the years , with an avid interest in film and the filmmaking process. I’ve now ventured into novel writing so you can track my progress there.
This blog is focused on another passion of mine. Magic.
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Magic has been a close companion of mine since I was eight, when my cousin passed on some of his Paul Daniels magic set to me. And what a fascinating world that had been revealed to me. I was already watching Magic on TV, and a fan of Tommy Cooper and Paul Daniels, I started to collect the Paul Daniels TV magic range. After some practice I started performing magic at birthday parties. Whilst at secondary school I also had a magic mentor in our geography teacher. I soon found myself attending magic clubs, shops, shows and conventions. I was lucky to see live performances from Paul Daniels, David Copperfield, Wayne Dobson and Derren Brown.
Then I hit adolescence, and magic waited in the wings as I did teenager stuff. That’s for another blog someday. However, I remained fascinated upon how things work, behind the scenes. What’s behind that curtain of Oz?
For twenty years I have been employed with the Further and Higher education sector as a lecturer. My specialism is film and TV production and I’m currently a lecturer at college where I get to share my passion for the moving image. I’m now venturing into the work behind games, animation and VFX.
I’m still a hobbyist at heart when it comes to magic, and I’ve been plucking up the courage to perform again. Watch this space. Observing magic from the sidelines over the years. I’ve seen so many changes and developments. And through my newfound love of all magic I’m intrigued to see the rise in cardistry and the collection of cards. With an art background studying Product Design at Central St Martins, I’ve started looking into the prospect of designing a deck of cards to express my brand and love of magic. I’m in the first stages of creating some of the artwork. Initially the logo and back designs for the deck. I’ve been inspired by a number of magicians who have ventured into branding their own cards as I’m also an avid collector of cards.
So welcome to the first steps upon this yellow brick road, the rabbit hole, Whichever path we take, I’m sure it will be an adventurous one, as we look further behind the curtain of magic!
