I know more sleights than tricks
Confession of magicians
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Oh...oh boy that’s...something.
Since I ordered GATSBY from this very popular Internet magic website, I have checked my Email for shipping information (expected arrival: Monday!) no less than 26,742 times.
Let’s see. I got into card magic through David Blaine and found a couple of forums where I discovered Royal Road. However I found it so difficult to get through that I practically gave up on card magic for over a decade. Fast forward and I found Oz Pearlman’s Born to Perform where I finally became inspired to pursue magic further. I wish I had RRTCM here with me now though - it’s stuck in England (I’ve since bought many other books but I still find them a bit heavy, the shame...)
After all those years of on and off card magic it took learning Greg Wilson’s 3/4 across as my introduction to coin magic to appreciate the difference between knowing a sleight and mastering a sleight. You either get it bang on or you flash and totally ruin the trick.
I’ve bought about $400 worth of magic in the past six months but mainly from open boxes on Penguin or cheap Dover paperbacks. It looks bad to my girlfriend, but I think I only spent about $150... (too scared to check, mind)
I think the only genuinely innovative magic I’ve seen in the past few months is in the area of rubber bands.
I practiced the pass for over a year and still haven’t really found a trick where it’s needed.
I’ve stopped buying decks other than Bicycle red and blue. I’m too overprotective to use them otherwise.
I get angry when Rick lax’s face pops up on a video demo of a product. He really used to annoy me on Facebook before I even realised he was a legitimate magician.
Of all the magical ‘characters’ a performer make take on, be it a psychic or a card cheat or a mind reader, I find the ‘magic is just sleight of hand and no one believes anything otherwise’ type of persona repulsive.
After all those years of on and off card magic it took learning Greg Wilson’s 3/4 across as my introduction to coin magic to appreciate the difference between knowing a sleight and mastering a sleight. You either get it bang on or you flash and totally ruin the trick.
I’ve bought about $400 worth of magic in the past six months but mainly from open boxes on Penguin or cheap Dover paperbacks. It looks bad to my girlfriend, but I think I only spent about $150... (too scared to check, mind)
I think the only genuinely innovative magic I’ve seen in the past few months is in the area of rubber bands.
I practiced the pass for over a year and still haven’t really found a trick where it’s needed.
I’ve stopped buying decks other than Bicycle red and blue. I’m too overprotective to use them otherwise.
I get angry when Rick lax’s face pops up on a video demo of a product. He really used to annoy me on Facebook before I even realised he was a legitimate magician.
Of all the magical ‘characters’ a performer make take on, be it a psychic or a card cheat or a mind reader, I find the ‘magic is just sleight of hand and no one believes anything otherwise’ type of persona repulsive.
I’ve been practicing the cups and balls for seven years, and never performed it....
I think I am worse than I am so I don't preform as much as I'd like.
I don't like youtube magic (like Jibreezy and the "read your mind" videos"
I know more sleights than tricks
I learned twisting the asher but never perform it
I have revolutionary card technique but I hate it and only use 2 moves in it
My favorite card control is just a cut
I really hate to practice coin magic
I don't use a self-working trick, which is a shame because they are usually better
I know more sleights than tricks
I learned twisting the asher but never perform it
I have revolutionary card technique but I hate it and only use 2 moves in it
My favorite card control is just a cut
I really hate to practice coin magic
I don't use a self-working trick, which is a shame because they are usually better
Good
aaaaay same here, its a shame though twisting the asher is quite good.
I love to research and learn very obscure self-working card tricks in order to fool magicians who come into the bar/restaurant I work at to "check out the magician." I get way more of a high than I should seeing the looks of puzzlement and perplexity on their faces, and to hear them exclaim: "I never saw the move!"
I use a Cheek to Cheek deck to perform the Double Exposure card trick (Asi Wind). It's just flat out easier and works every time.
I find performances of card effects by most top flight card men (except Bill Malone) boring.
I spend way too much time alone with my Multiplying Rabbits.
I use a Cheek to Cheek deck to perform the Double Exposure card trick (Asi Wind). It's just flat out easier and works every time.
I find performances of card effects by most top flight card men (except Bill Malone) boring.
I spend way too much time alone with my Multiplying Rabbits.
I may know a certain guy in this thread willing to take it off your hands.
As would II may know a certain guy in this thread willing to take it off your hands.