all magic begins with what if what if I
could show you the pages of a coloring
book with so much stage presence you’d
actually look then cast a magic spell or
say hocus pocus and show you the same
pages colored in clear and in focus what
if I could grab my son like this then
slide it up my arm reattach it to my
hand without doing any harm no not as
good I knew this was gonna happen
what if I were reading blank cue cards
was wearing fake glasses and didn’t
really need this mic or stand what if I
weren’t speaking at all and I’m just
good at lip-syncing what if I’m not
really here and it’s a hologram you’re
witnessing this what if game has driven
our progression figuring out the
impossible is humankind’s obsession from
horse-drawn carriages to automobiles
from fire pits to ovens and what do I
hear my pocket is ringing and vibrating
too I can check my email while I go are
you can you say that on the TEDx stage
but is this science or magic it depends
who and when you ask Alexander Graham
Bell the man who invented the telephone
might have called it witchcraft because
magic is just science we don’t
understand yet
shout out to arthur c clarke he’s the
one who said that there’s another
expression you’ll know you have to see
it to believe it I’d argue just the
opposite you have to believe it in order
to see it our obsession was the
impossible is how we progress but
obsession without vision just leads to a
mess if Alexander Graham Bell couldn’t
have envisioned his invention he’d have
lost his intention from the moment of
Inception what if we could drive safely
in snowy weather was the what-if
question asked by Mary Anderson the
windshield wiper inventor Marie van
Burton Brown dreamed what if I could see
who’s up my doors before I open them
thanks to her we have in home security
systems without this question what if to
drive our ambition we wouldn’t have
microphones menstrual cups or magicians
I’ll explain my position see we’re
obsessed with the impossible and we need
to believe that the dreams we’ve dreamed
up are ones we can achieve but once
we’ve created the visions we saw in our
head they’re no longer impossible panic
is widespread I got a great job I have a
flat
me how can I be so depressed when I have
so much money so we look to our parents
our teachers our siblings they’re older
than us they must have an inkling of how
to be happy in this life that we’re
living or for older we tell ourselves
uses wasted on the young if I knew then
what I know now all the different things
I’d have done perhaps the answers in a
book or with a speaker on stage with a
guru a therapist a spiritual sage those
are all good options options for
different things by the way but that’s a
different talk for a different day the
illusion that what we need most is out
there is a trick of the mind believe it
if you need it leave it if you dare it’s
easier to believe our dreams have
restrictions than to fathom the idea our
options are unlimited but I grew up poor
basic needs went unmet I was bullied
abused my limitations are set your
limitations are real and exist in your
head overcoming them should be easy is
not what I said
horrific unfair and unjust things have
happened to everyone watching as we age
life gets harder and our hearts can
become hardened it can begin to feel
like it’s a mentor is literally sucking
out our souls without the right tools we
can become very sad depressed or
suicidal no matter who you are or what
you do at times you’ll need a reminder
he’ll help illuminate your darkened path
until you find your lighter
we are miracles each one of us we just
need to remember who we are we are magic
in motion we are made from the stuff of
the stars so maybe one day you see a
magician by chance making the impossible
look easy and for just a second you
remember your own vision as cards and
coins are lost and then found you
remember yourself your destiny unbound
sparkling eyes and a smile as you
remember it’s true that magic is real
it’s in me and in you and
that is the power of what good magic can
do which is why magic is so hard to hate
for most it reminds us we have visions
were meant to create the greatest
illusion of all once again I’ll repeat
is believing we must look outside
ourselves to find the magic that we seek
because once I remembered the magics
within me losing and then finding your
card to inspire a flashpoint seemed a
bit silly remember it is my opinion that
a great magician is one who helps you
remember your own vision so I stand
before you today performing my greatest
magic trick ever no cards no ropes or
rings no props whatsoever you see I did
grow up poor and my parents have issues
and my childhood did leave me with many
emotional tattoos so I learned the
what-if game and would play every day
what if I could do really well in school
then move very far away what if I can
work really hard to create the life that
I want what if I have more power than I
ever thought today I wanted to show you
the best magic I know which is why I
have no cards or coins I’m up here all
alone I hope that when you look at me
you’ll remember your own vision because
it is pretty important to me to be a
good magician you don’t need anything
outside yourselves no speakers tips or
tricks just remember you are magic and
ask yourself what if thank you so much you
could show you the pages of a coloring
book with so much stage presence you’d
actually look then cast a magic spell or
say hocus pocus and show you the same
pages colored in clear and in focus what
if I could grab my son like this then
slide it up my arm reattach it to my
hand without doing any harm no not as
good I knew this was gonna happen
what if I were reading blank cue cards
was wearing fake glasses and didn’t
really need this mic or stand what if I
weren’t speaking at all and I’m just
good at lip-syncing what if I’m not
really here and it’s a hologram you’re
witnessing this what if game has driven
our progression figuring out the
impossible is humankind’s obsession from
horse-drawn carriages to automobiles
from fire pits to ovens and what do I
hear my pocket is ringing and vibrating
too I can check my email while I go are
you can you say that on the TEDx stage
but is this science or magic it depends
who and when you ask Alexander Graham
Bell the man who invented the telephone
might have called it witchcraft because
magic is just science we don’t
understand yet
shout out to arthur c clarke he’s the
one who said that there’s another
expression you’ll know you have to see
it to believe it I’d argue just the
opposite you have to believe it in order
to see it our obsession was the
impossible is how we progress but
obsession without vision just leads to a
mess if Alexander Graham Bell couldn’t
have envisioned his invention he’d have
lost his intention from the moment of
Inception what if we could drive safely
in snowy weather was the what-if
question asked by Mary Anderson the
windshield wiper inventor Marie van
Burton Brown dreamed what if I could see
who’s up my doors before I open them
thanks to her we have in home security
systems without this question what if to
drive our ambition we wouldn’t have
microphones menstrual cups or magicians
I’ll explain my position see we’re
obsessed with the impossible and we need
to believe that the dreams we’ve dreamed
up are ones we can achieve but once
we’ve created the visions we saw in our
head they’re no longer impossible panic
is widespread I got a great job I have a
flat
me how can I be so depressed when I have
so much money so we look to our parents
our teachers our siblings they’re older
than us they must have an inkling of how
to be happy in this life that we’re
living or for older we tell ourselves
uses wasted on the young if I knew then
what I know now all the different things
I’d have done perhaps the answers in a
book or with a speaker on stage with a
guru a therapist a spiritual sage those
are all good options options for
different things by the way but that’s a
different talk for a different day the
illusion that what we need most is out
there is a trick of the mind believe it
if you need it leave it if you dare it’s
easier to believe our dreams have
restrictions than to fathom the idea our
options are unlimited but I grew up poor
basic needs went unmet I was bullied
abused my limitations are set your
limitations are real and exist in your
head overcoming them should be easy is
not what I said
horrific unfair and unjust things have
happened to everyone watching as we age
life gets harder and our hearts can
become hardened it can begin to feel
like it’s a mentor is literally sucking
out our souls without the right tools we
can become very sad depressed or
suicidal no matter who you are or what
you do at times you’ll need a reminder
he’ll help illuminate your darkened path
until you find your lighter
we are miracles each one of us we just
need to remember who we are we are magic
in motion we are made from the stuff of
the stars so maybe one day you see a
magician by chance making the impossible
look easy and for just a second you
remember your own vision as cards and
coins are lost and then found you
remember yourself your destiny unbound
sparkling eyes and a smile as you
remember it’s true that magic is real
it’s in me and in you and
that is the power of what good magic can
do which is why magic is so hard to hate
for most it reminds us we have visions
were meant to create the greatest
illusion of all once again I’ll repeat
is believing we must look outside
ourselves to find the magic that we seek
because once I remembered the magics
within me losing and then finding your
card to inspire a flashpoint seemed a
bit silly remember it is my opinion that
a great magician is one who helps you
remember your own vision so I stand
before you today performing my greatest
magic trick ever no cards no ropes or
rings no props whatsoever you see I did
grow up poor and my parents have issues
and my childhood did leave me with many
emotional tattoos so I learned the
what-if game and would play every day
what if I could do really well in school
then move very far away what if I can
work really hard to create the life that
I want what if I have more power than I
ever thought today I wanted to show you
the best magic I know which is why I
have no cards or coins I’m up here all
alone I hope that when you look at me
you’ll remember your own vision because
it is pretty important to me to be a
good magician you don’t need anything
outside yourselves no speakers tips or
tricks just remember you are magic and
ask yourself what if thank you so much you
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