Lewin Enterprises

07/08/2025

Magic isn’t about secrets — it’s about structure. Secrets are just the bricks.

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July, everybody!

07/02/2025

Magicians talk about “art” right up until they accept a gig at a mall food court!

07/01/2025

ScottythePodcaster and me, before our hair turned white!

07/01/2025

Part 11 of my incredibly compressed blog posts about the ideas of Mr. Gurdjieff and the modern magician.

Gurdjieff taught in groups because friction creates fire. The magician, though often a solo act, needs a circle. Mentors who push, peers who challenge, students who question—these are the real mirr…

06/30/2025

A laugh mid-trick is worth more than a gasp. It means they trust you.

06/30/2025

The penultimate of my brief series about Mr. Gurdjieff and being a magician.

In Gurdjieff’s system, transformation requires a jolt—a conscious shock. These are moments that break the trance of ordinary life. Magic offers this, if wielded with intention. The gasp, the double…

06/27/2025

If your magic can’t survive a heckler, it’s not a trick — it’s a theory.

06/26/2025

A very short post about art and magic, and when they become the same.

Mr. Gurdjieff believed in objective art, works that transmit truths regardless of time, place, or language. Magic can do this. Not always, but sometimes. When performed with consciousness, a simple…

06/26/2025

The best magic is invisible, like the hours spent scripting a moment that looks spontaneous.

06/24/2025

Remembering a great barbecue lunch with Daryl and Ray Anderson!

06/23/2025

For every magician who masters their craft, fifty magicians master Canva and call it branding!