In some ways, Fleshman uses magic less as a means of mystery than as a vehicle of inspiration. After all, one of his biggest inspirations, he says, is seeing children excited about magic.
"I've had kids get into magic after seeing me," he says. "I just like the performing aspect, you know? Getting a smile out of them and having fun."
The spectacle of an Angel or Blaine routine never would have mattered to him as a youngster.
Fleshman's childhood dream, after all, had nothing to do with magic: "I wanted to be a professional basketball player."
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