Magical Realism

"Magic serves TO unsettle our certainties about how things work or should look, Replacing monotony with marvel, magic— even magic that we know has a rational explanation—lets a light shine from the deed or
thing that makes us feel oddly fortunate to witness it, to be there, in its presence"

“About Magic,” Preface to CENTER 16: Latitudes (2011) by Michael Benedikt    http://www.mbenedikt.com/lats-preface-about-magic.pdf