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This is mostly for the professional magicians here. Performing magic (or even working in the ''other rooms of magic") is largely a creative field. Which means that it comes with its own share of difficulties. Which also means that it naturally seems more ''not practical'' compared to jobs...

Performance video! Tell me what do you think! :) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAKmjUtARMz/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

This is how I used to palm (in the security of my room, alone) cards and thought it's alright, because real performances have the elements of misdirection and naturalness to hide sleights. Now this looks pretty darn natural from above, except the obvious point that, well, the card peeks out...

Honestly, the above is exactly my (indignant) question. How do psychics still exist and how is it even legal actually, if they are proven to be nothing but hoaxes time and time again? Psychics, unlike magicians pretending to contact the dead, not only sell what they are doing as something...

I really believe that magic is an art and while I understand that not many people tap into this artistic property of magic, I believe it can easily be an art form in good hands (literally). The above was important to start out with, because while I am not really discussing whether magic is an...

When we learn something by ourself, we respect it a lot more and develop a sense of pride in doing what we do. There's nothing wrong with it at all. The problem is that we also develop a bit of a superiority complex. Sometimes we want to attract attention to ourselves in different ways, wanting...

I read a very interesting anecdote some time back, and I paraphrase:- (please correct me if I'm wrong in any way) Mark Wilson's son, Greg Wilson was being tutored for a short session by Dai Vernon. Apparently, it was Mark's philosophy to always point, whenever he performed magic. Of course, he...

If the words in Maximum Entertainment are religiously followed, magic should logically be composed of Extraordinary moments. But almost none of the tricks and routines explained in books like RRTCM and ECT are such 'moments'. Has there actually been a change in the style of popular magic from...

Does anybody have Real Coin Magic by Benjamin Earl? If yes, how does it compare to other more 'classic' coin magic books, and were the services and entire process of purchasing and getting it satisfactory and smooth-sailing?

A question:- Am I the only (or one of the very few) magicians who strongly dislikes (read: HATES) puzzles? Till date I've only found 2 other magicians who dislike puzzles, that is Tony Chang and Darwin Ortiz. As Chris Ramsay (the most popular magician on You Tube right now) is graviating more...

Quick question:- The entire outer side of my pinky and the top surface of my middle finger hurts. I've been practising card twirling. Will this go away by itself or should I give my right hand a break? If the latter, for how long? Mostly because it's my right hand (dominant) and I can't...

So I (like everybody) have a LOT of free time on my hands right now and I have been watching some movies. In regards to movies where magic forms the main plot or background, I've watched The Prestige (of COURSE), Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2 and The Illusionist, and even Doctor Strange...

For the Bullet by Andrei, he sometimes keeps the card flicking one side and then the other by switching positions of the index and the middle fingers which are clipping the card. Does that move have a specific name? If so, what is it? Moreover, how to get better at it (since it makes all...

It isn't a question, but beautifully disturbing. The huge number of magicians who do cardistry (frequently or just here and there between magic) might ''feel me'' on this one, because it is a sad confession. I started Magic first and I'm going to remain a 'magician' forever (or at least, for a...

Does it matter how close the pinched coin is in the front? As in whether it's being pinched by the first phalanx or the middle?

Does anybody here perform the Slipshift colour change by Chris Ramsay? I'm having some minor angle problems with it.

Yes, magic is not all about the sleights. It's much, much more. However, it's my opinion that the actual Art of magic and the magic that is performed, are two different things. Imagine I were to see the Monalisa, or the Last Supper. When I see these paintings, as somebody who doesn't really...

Corona Virus. DISCLAIMER:- This thread is not magic-related, and of course it is totally up to the moderators discretion whether they keep this thread or remove it, that goes without me saying it. I am also aware that information is available everywher and we don't need a thread on a forum...

A strong character is absolutely necessary while performing. Whether or not the character is exactly you, an extension of you, or something completely different, that is what the question is. While magicians beg each other in the community to have a character 'unique to oneself', so that magic...

Imagine you can tell all 'laymen', 100% of non-magicians in this world, a particular thing about magic, anything. Anything which you really wish nobody wrongly thought was true. What would it be? Would it be that the hands are not quicker than the eye, it's just that the eye doesn't look where...