Q & A with illusionist Jim Munroe

By Courtney Hudson

Staff Reporter

Jim Munroe blends illusion, humor and danger in his show “The MAZE.” Munroe performs Christian-oriented entetainment to college campuses worldwide. Staff Reporter Courtney Hudson interviewed Munroe after his performance Thursday night on campus.

Courtney Hudson: Why did you title the performance the MAZE?

Jim Munroe: I feel the world in which we live in can be very confusing, especially for a college student. I feel like when we come to a university we are expecting to find truth, we are expecting to solidify our understanding of how the world works to put us in a better place, to be come a better person. I feel like what ends up happening a lot of times when people come to college, they actually end up more confused. So I feel like the world in which we live, apart from any like solidified conviction, feels a lot like a maze, like where’s the cheese in this thing? You know? But a maze, it’s a winding network of all kinds of confusion, where one uninterrupted path, is the soul solution and I believe there is a solution inside the world of confusion. Just like a magic trick, if you think about it, I’m confusing the crud out of you. But in reality, there is an answer in that confusion. I’m just now showing it to you, I’m keeping it a secret.

CH: When was the maze founded?

JM: 2001

CH: Who founded the maze?