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Depends on what you feel, right? There's no guide-book to questions like these, whatever you can come up with is an answer to this question. You should do some introspection and really think what YOU feel. Or else, just use some gags...Antonio's one is pretty good tbh :-)

That is the best answer which communicates all the needed effect in just 2 sentences instead of 2 books.

Like many have recommended, self working tricks would be the best now. They help magicians focus on the presentation more and thus, I feel they are good enough for magicians of any skill-level, although for some reason they are thought as a beginner's cup of tea, I don't think so... Anyways, I...

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Oh yeah, my bad :-) I should've been clear... by 'small' I meant the time span...not their view of the world. Unless of course, I have misunderstood you?

Has been replied to really well already, but since I wish to give my two cents, no matter how worthless they are :D :D :D :D :D Kids do like magic more. But unless you are a very close relative of them (I have performed for my small cousins, so I don't usually have this problem, but for other...

Good Luck everyone, and may the best entry win!! :-) Also, Happy Valentines Day everyone... And since I am posting this reply on 11th Feb, Happy Promise Day to everyone too! <3

The climate I live in is practically the DEFINITION of humid, and my hands are not super-dry, yet my cards last for a year AT THE LEAST...and they are not bicycles. Hola, I am magical.

Fulves' book is good, but to understand and extract the true gold out of the book, you need to modify the matter quite a lot, since the methods given may seem highly impractical today. While am sure they must have worked amazingly once, today, er...not so much. But for the principles and ideas...

Hmm, I have a soft copy version of RRTCM, and it does not have any fight hands, so I guess it is your edition, but as long as you know what it means, it is fine, right ? :-) Also, I prefer to have softcopy versions of books too. Not because I don't like the interface associated with e-reading...

I USE bordered cards, but I do own two decks of borderless ones, which make for some amazing second dealing. Also, I like borderless cards more actually, they just look more seamless and beautiful, maybe that's just me but, that's what I think. Bordered cards do help in certain situations, but...

Sitting down while performing sometimes offers amazing advantages that standing up cannot always compensate for. But that's speaking with respect to the sleights one can use... When I stand up, I can make the performance more, dynamic. And the audience feels more involved if you actually take a...

Nice question! :-) Well, I use the pinky count. I WOULD love to use a DL without any get-ready...but I prefer to be a 100% sure when I am doing a lift. But of course, if your DL is get-ready-less, that's amazing, and prolly the best. All that being said, for a good DL, naturalness is more...

Penn has some amazing views abt Valentiono btw... Anyways, I think his method of revealing magic was bad because it as you said, laid more stress on the methods than the presentation. Also, I should not criticise people tbh, but his persona on the show is terrible. He MAY be an amazing performer...

Well, as Christopher said... I use a mixture too. Just works...

Well, you did not include books in your list :-) Buy Royal Road, it is a good investment. But yes, I feel Asad on 52 kards is quite honest with his teaching (I use the DL he does, and it is DOPE). But yes, to really advance you need books. If you don't wanna buy tricks or tutorial DVDs, I think...

The presentation idea is unique (am speaking for the effect in general, not specifically for Pratt's performance) and it has been on and about street magic for quite some time. As to where Chris learnt it, maybe from someone like Teller or maybe from You Tube, who knows? (I place my money on You...

I think it was pretty clear it was sarcasm, first off. Second, I don't understand the part where you are claiming I am circling back to ANYTHING...because I said absolutely nothing in my previous post. I just explained what I had meant in the posts you had quoted selected lines from. I made no...

Know what? You should prolly buy a new deck. But instead of throwing the old ones away, try and create some DIY stuff out of them...I mean, DIY does sound snobby sometimes, but card-pen-holders and show-pieces look AMAZING. #savepaper...right? :-)

Of course you are not abnormal...in fact, you are one of the most awesome people out there. You are a bit mad, yes... But it is the mad who become famous :-) :-) :-)