Finding My Story in VANISH

It is one thing to introduce yourself before a show. You choose a few words, the performance begins, and people get to know you through what happens next. Having another magician take time to tell your story asks you to look at your own journey a little differently.

In July 2026, Paul Romhany featured my work in VANISH. I was excited about it, and I wanted to take a moment to explain why these particular pages meant something to me.

VANISH is a magazine for magicians and people interested in the art. Its conversations extend into performance, creative work, the history of magic and the practical life of being a performer. Paul brings his experience as a magician and editor to that work. Being featured there meant sharing my story with readers who spend time thinking about the craft themselves.

That gives the experience a particular warmth. Fellow magicians understand how much work can sit behind a short moment on stage. A filmmaker understands something similar about a finished scene. There are choices, revisions and years of learning that an audience may never need to see. I felt grateful that the broader story of my work had a place in a publication interested in those questions.

Talking about my journey also made me think about how I introduce myself. Magic and mentalism, filmmaking and technology can become a rather long list if I am only naming what I do. The more interesting part is how they influence one another. A thought about timing can follow me from an edit into a performance. A technical problem can encourage a creative solution. A stage experience can change the way I think about telling a story.

Those connections matter to me, and I was happy to share them through the feature. They describe the way my interests have grown together over time.

Paul's interest in my work was encouraging. I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of the July issue and for the care involved in bringing an artist's story to readers. It reminded me that writing about a performer can create another kind of meeting: people who may never have attended the same show can still begin a conversation about the work.

I think, too, about the people who have known me through much smaller occasions in Kerala and Ohio. Their encouragement is part of whatever new opportunity arrives. I enjoy being able to share news like this with them because they belong to the journey it describes.

For now, I am taking a little happiness in seeing my work in VANISH. There is something lovely about finding your story among the pages of a craft you have cared about for so long.