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Live Laugh Love. with Antwan Towner Have you ever thought about what makes you call someone a friend? I do all the time. In the age of Facebook and "Friend Requests" the term friend gets tossed around very loosely. "They are my friend... on Facebook". What makes a friend? Is it their looks, is it how they talk, or how they think, how they feel and love. Maybe it's their passion for things, people and life. Perhaps it's their listening ears or availability to you physically, mentally, and spiritually. It could be all of the above. To me a friend is a like minded person. Someone to have things in common with and an opposite point of view for contrast, culture and wisdom. Conversations, thoughts and ideas are shared with no judgment and forgiveness is constantly being exercised. To me I know someone is a friend when I haven't seen or talked to them for weeks months or sometimes years and you can pick up where you left off the last time you s...

Magicism. The Internet has agreeably and literally changed almost every industry in the world. Making people self proclaimed experts virtually overnight. Magic is no exception to this change. How can we know if that person in our friend circle is a real magician? In this increasingly growing art of magic where every YouTube channel claims to be a magician,  here are five way to find out if your friend is a real magician. A real magician doesn't do magic for people on demand. A magician surprises you with magic. It's candid and seems to come natural to them. The magician should always know the right time and place to entertain their skill. Bad timing kills everything, even the best magic trick in the world. A real magician fools you into thinking everything they've done is completely possible, even though some of the time it's not. The real magician will have a real professional business card. You'll know if your friend is a real magician if you...

The Journey of an Inspired Life “You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say. " - Palo Coelho, The Alchemist My friend Antwan Towner told me of a great book, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The story of a boy Santiago who finds himself on a journey for his personal legend, his true meaning and purpose for his life. He meets a few interesting characters along the way and one of them is the alchemist. An alchemist is a person that understands the languages of the world and universe. What he does is scientific in todays standards but presented as magic. Being able to make something from apparently nothing with the correct tools. Knowing how to turn into the wind or speak to the sun, and turn a rock into gold. The alchemist follows his heart, listening to omens and connects with the cosmos. Much of what I do in my performances is all about connecting with people and magic is just one of the tools I use to accomplish th...

A Short Film on Magic. Something that I love just as much as the art of magic is the art of film making. So when director Chris Cruz approached me with an idea about magic I was more than trilled. So we met up for multiple lunches over the course of three months and planned it out. There were so many amazing ideas that come from those meetings, but ultimately the stuff we kept had to do with using time and resources effectively. I'm extremely pleased with what Chris has done here. It was a real honor to work with him and I love his attention to detail. I hope you enjoy this short story about magic as much as I do. You know that feeling you get when reality shatters The ideas and principles you've lived by all appear to be way off Your heart sinks, you lightly sweat and you've lost your breath And all in one moment you realize "how is that possible?" "That's impossible, yet it actually just happened." A choice must be made, who...

Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again. December 31st is around the corner and most of us are anxious to hit the reset button on life, make changes and announce new years resolutions that we try so hard to keep. Many years ago I asked my self, “What’s the point?” So I stopped making new years resolutions because I felt like they’re a dead end road, they are limiters to the unlimited. I haven't made a new year's resolutions in over 13 years now. What I have grown more into are stronger goal setting techniques. Here are some tips and tricks that I use for powerful and successful goal setting. Maybe they will inspire or help you with your life goals and give you the momentum that you need for your passion in the coming years. Write down your goals. Sometimes the list of things we want to do or need becomes pretty big and some of the smaller stuff can be easily forgotten.  If you write them down they’ll be a constant reminder to you. My office is full of ...

Two Magicians Create The Same Trick. Blind Cubed from Kardenni on Vimeo . The question, "Where I learn my tricks" comes up frequently. Like any trade out in the world, magic is taught. Only a few move on to becoming professional magicians who create magical moments on a daily basis. Some of the things I do are hand me downs or variations of existing tricks that I have worked out for myself. Others come right from my own mind and those are my favorite. Here's a interesting story behind how I created one of my current favorites and how I found out that someone els had the same idea. The reason I choose the following is, it's the one that gets the most questions after the experience. From 2008 - 2010 I had nightly shows on The M/V Discovery Sun and found myself with a lot of time on my hands during the days. So I decided to challenge myself and learn the Rubiks Cube. It seems random but it's true. It took some time, but once I understood the basics of ...