I used to do magic and I still "dabble" a bit in it. There are several reasons why I gave it up and became more of a scholar of magic than a performer and for the same reason why I more or less gave up drawing. Writing, drawing and doing magic all require endless hours of devotion and practice…and I couldn't do enough of all three to reach any conceivable level of "not inept" at any one of them. So I picked the one I liked the best — and had already decided to make my career — and went with that.
Daniel Roy is one of my favorite magicians and he somehow managed to become terrific at handling cards and to become an expert in neurobiology. Most people look at his wizardry with cards and ask, "How does he do that?" I look at his ability to excel in two areas and ask the same question…