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‘Troy Street Magic’: New TV Show Starring British Magician Troy ‘Von Majik’ Scheibner Airs Tonight On SYFY..

‘Troy Street Magic’: New TV Show Starring British Magician Troy ‘Von Majik’ Scheibner Airs Tonight On SYFY..

Troy Street Magic, the newest magic-based television series, will make its debut tonight on SYFY. The unscripted TV series will feature popular magician Troy Von Scheibner, a 26-year-old black man from South London known as Von Majik. His bio indicates that he is half Jamaican, and has German and Jewish roots. Studying magic since he was a child, Troy Von Scheibner has perfected his craft and has been impressing stunned onlookers for years. The awe-inspiring magician takes his talent seriously, and most likely uses a bit of psychology to know how to please his audience. Here’s one big tip: Troy Von Scheibner believes it is important to look clean and smell clean when you get very close to a person while performing magic tricks, or they could become turned off rather quickly.
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Syrian Street Magician Beheaded..

Syrian Street Magician Beheaded..

By   for International Business Times..

A street magician in Syria beloved by children was beheaded by Islamic State group militants after his performances were deemed to be insulting to God, the Daily Mirror reported Wednesday. The murder of the magician, who was known as “Sorcerer,” was called “barbarism and butchery” by a Syrian activist who knew him but fled to safety in nearby Turkey.

“The magician was a popular man who entertained people with little tricks on the street like making coins or [a] phone disappear,” the activist told the British tabloid. "He was just called Sorcerer by people, and children loved him. He was doing nothing anti-Islamic, but he paid for it with his life.”

But to the Islamic State, the group formerly known as ISIS, the street magician’s tricks were anti-Islamic because they were performed through “illusions and falsehood,” according to the Mirror. They also said the Koran forbid the tricks because the time people spent captivated by them could have been better used by going to a mosque, the tabloid added.

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For Artistic Criminal, Breaking Rules Is Key To ‘Creativity’..

For Artistic Criminal, Breaking Rules Is Key To ‘Creativity’..

Compiled by the NPR staff..

Philippe Petit says he hates books on creativity.

So his new book, Creativity: The Perfect Crime, isn’t a compilation of ideas from great philosophers or creators.

The wirewalker, magician, street performer and artist breaks that mold with a book full of sketches and personal dialogue that captures his personal creative process.

And because it’s so personal, he says, it will be more useful. “I’m not doing any rules. This is not a thesis on creativity. This is a kind of an outlaw confession,” he tells NPR’s Arun Rath.

The “Man on Wire” says he has broken rules and made his own path throughout his life — most notably on Aug. 7, 1974, when he walked on a thin cable between the towers of the World Trade Center in New York.

Read the article and Listen to the NPR broadcast  HERE