(can't see your reply for some reason directly but in response to above tweet author of post wrote this: https://twitter.com/utotranslucence/status/10745039697354629... which has context and some photos of pieces from author and the person they mentioned)
Which I discovered from this post: https://blog.stephsmith.io/how-to-be-great/
I wasn't sure how to name this post well so if anyone has any ideas let me know (since it's not about literal magicians)