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It's because they focus on a broader and more varied medium (stagecraft, devices, sleight of hand, reading people...) vs other artists (sitting in a room for ho

• autoexec 3y ago
  Magicians can spend just as many many hours sitting in a room focusing intensely on the skillful manipulation of small coins or playing cards, but they also have to constantly interact directly with their audiences, perform their shows publicly, and manage their career (advertising, booking shows, designing stage/street performances) so my guess is that magicians with major mental disorders are much less likely to be successful than other types of artists like a musician or a painter. If they're skilled enough and can still put out work painters and musicians can be pretty damn crazy, and are sometimes even expected to be a little eccentric, but a magician who comes off as mentally unhinged risks making people uncomfortable and they aren't going to get work. To be a magician you have to make people feel comfortable enough to approach you, or even let you put them into a box and saw them in half. A painter doesn't need the charisma it takes to pull in and hold a crowd.