John Kippen is a magician I know from the Magic Castle in Hollywood. He performs there and I see him at the members' lunches…but until I saw this video, I didn't know why he had that unusual condition in his face. I did know that he didn't let it stop him from performing at the Castle and that he was real good. I also knew he didn't seem to want even the slightest smidgen of sympathy. Here's a brief TED Talk he gave to deliver a lesson from his life…