Your mind is a liar, and there is a gap between what you see and what you believe and assume. (David Kwong) This is the bedrock of all the principles.
Your awareness of the principles-and more importantly, your harnessing of them-might just enable you to be the magician you’ve always wanted to be.īecause Assumptions Are an Illusionist’s Best Friend Here now are Kwong’s explanation of the seven principles, supported by a handful of illustrative Editor’s Notes that prove these illusion-stimulators are rampant in culture. Despite being deep in rehearsals for his long-awaited Geffen Playhouse run, he charmingly obliged. We connected with Kwong to see if he might be interested in slightly refreshing the ever practical and socially saturated principles of illusion he outlines in his book.
Never one to limit his mediums, in 2017, Kwong published Spellbound: Seven Principles of Illusion to Captivate Audiences and Unlock the Secrets of Success. In recent years, he has leant his hand to select movie magic, including Now You See Me, The Imitation Game, Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation, and more. The Harvard graduate sold out all 125 New York City performances of his one-man show, The Enigmatist, in 2019, and has just debuted the Los Angeles iteration at the Geffen Playhouse after seeing the effort placed on pandemic pause.ĭuring the pandemic, Kwong spearheaded a digital production of Inside the Box, a showcase of puzzles meant to challenge and bewilder viewers over Zoom. A puzzle king amongst the public and his peers, including a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Wall Street Journal ‘cruciverbalist’-a crossword puzzle creator for the uninitiated-Kwong wields unlimited tricks.
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