My daughter and I were going over our magic boxes the other day and she told me something that I’m not sure how to approach:
She wants to be able to read minds.
I tried sussing out if its more mental magic she was going for or mentalism.
We tried a few tricks I had that operated more along the lines of mental magic. She thought they were ok, but she wants to read mind and divine thoughts/info/etc.
So I’m thinking, “great! ‘Book Tests’, Darren Brown, and Max Maven! I have no idea what I’m looking for!”
Here’s the thing: I’m a big prop guy who is TERRIBLE at reading physical and verbal cues. So I have not given ANY thought into mentalism because I would give the whole art a black eye.
My daughter on the other hand, would not.
So with that. Can anyone suggest any resources, books, ...not sure if “tricks” is the appropriate terminology for what mentalists do; but what could I show her or what could I get to further see if this is what she wants to do? And if she does bite into it, how do I help further along a pint-sized mentalist?
She wants to be able to read minds.
I tried sussing out if its more mental magic she was going for or mentalism.
We tried a few tricks I had that operated more along the lines of mental magic. She thought they were ok, but she wants to read mind and divine thoughts/info/etc.
So I’m thinking, “great! ‘Book Tests’, Darren Brown, and Max Maven! I have no idea what I’m looking for!”
Here’s the thing: I’m a big prop guy who is TERRIBLE at reading physical and verbal cues. So I have not given ANY thought into mentalism because I would give the whole art a black eye.
My daughter on the other hand, would not.
So with that. Can anyone suggest any resources, books, ...not sure if “tricks” is the appropriate terminology for what mentalists do; but what could I show her or what could I get to further see if this is what she wants to do? And if she does bite into it, how do I help further along a pint-sized mentalist?