"...the novella "True Magic" expands upon an ingenious premise: What if there were one person in the world who could perform actual magic, but he was not good at it?" - - - John Beifuss, The Commercial Appeal (12/14/21)
““There is magic in this world,” said the woodsman to his son. “If you see, truly see, an acorn grow into a tree, and that tree be turned to lumber, and that lumber be turned into a house, you cannot doubt that magic is real.”
“But, that is boring,” said the boy.
“And that is the nature of magic. True magic is boring. And that’s why so few people bother to do it.”