When Falls the Coliseum

Magic

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Fred Siegel

June 19, 2008
I dream I am in my office practicing the cups and balls, and I have to go to the bathroom. When I get there, I am not wearing shoes, and it occurs to me that I am probably standing in the urine of my colleagues. I accept this, but I’m also not wearing pants and I have to get back to my office without being observed. The first hallway is ok, but when I turn a corner there are bearded men that I have to avoid. I sneak through the catacombs and nobody mentions my lack of pants. When I get back to the office I contemplate the cups and balls. How many balls should I use? What should be my final load? Finally, my pants get wet because one of the cups is filled with milk.

April 16, 2008
I dream I am performing a magic show at a party for people the approximate age of college freshmen. I am having a hard time getting their attention. There is eye rolling and there are derisive comments. One young man informs me that magic sucks. I explain to him that magic doesn’t suck, but that perhaps I suck. It’s not logical to say that magic sucks. To say that magic sucks is like saying that novels suck, just from having read one novel. Another student asks, “Do you think you have a personality?” I switch to my Ed Wynn voice and say “Why, yeth, definitely, I have a poisonality.” I do an Ed Wynn giggle, and then I jump on him.

February 4, 2007
I dream I am at the zoo with Francis Menotti and some of his magician friends. We learn that there is a magic area just outside the zoo, and we abandon the animals to go there. On the way out, we see tables with food. I do a card trick in exchange for a donut, but by the time I am finished with the trick, I have been abandoned by Francis and his pals. I head towards the magic area and learn that it is down steps into a cave. At the mouth of the cave five naked women sit on lawn chairs. I attempt not to look as I walk past them. This underground mini-mall is filled with objects associated with witchcraft, and I am asked if I am willing to perform underground–fake magic against real magic. I am ok with performing, but I am an artist and I don’t wish to compete.