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@Alarte, it is good that you are attempting to create your own moves. And it is also very wise to seek the opinions of the magicians of this forum to get their honest feedback. That is something that can help us all to grow as performers, as we analyze both our own work and the work of others...

"I forgot my card."

Welcome! Your idea is far from stupid or out of context. I think (and I doubt I am alone on this) that it is a very creative and resourceful idea and use of magic. So, since you asked for other ideas you could potentially incorporate, I was thinking that you could have your business card in...

Yes, that is a good point. There are those magicians we've all seen who are like flourishing, springing, dribbling, and/or faro shuffling and cutting non-stop, and it's all up in your face and over the top. That's where it really loses something - the grace and beauty is sacrificed to showing...

Interesting question. Card men have debated this question for many decades, and there are two schools of thought. Your particular question is directed toward two separate types of emotion: (1) What "impresses" and (2) what "surprises." And I think the answer as to which approach a magician...

Some great replies by other members here. I take kind of a comedic approach to those kinds of questions from spectators. On one hand, I don't want to tell a bald-faced lie, since most everything I do depends on sleight of hand, subtlety, math, or in some cases, clever gimmicks, but on the other...

@Lord Magic wrote: "And when that happens, I feel like running out on the roads nude screaming, 'EUREKA!!!' " If you decide to do that, please don't mention to anyone that you're a magician, LOL!

@coffeeparamedic, do not become discouraged. You are as cut out for this as much as anyone else. It seems to me that tweaking your approach might be the key for you, at least at this stage. You say you are "working through" Royal Road, Card College and Mark Wilson. Think of how much material...

I don't do Angle Z, although it sounds awesome. But I have long been intrigued with the "card to impossible place" kind of effect. It started when I was performing on a cruise ship back in 1996. This girl was kind of busting my chops during an Ambitious Card routine. There were about 20 people...

Whoops, sorry, I had some sort of technological meltdown. Here is the continuation of my post: I have a little story that seems appropriate to tell here. I was performing at a private residence in Jupiter Florida many years ago. It was a Super Bowl Sunday Party. At halftime, I did a routine...

@tomyleft wrote: "A woman may have spent all day wondering what her boss was thinking, and would love to be able to read his mind; she wasn't spending her day wondering if a flipped coin would disappear." Now that is a thought-provoking point. And clearly very true. Also the idea that "magic...

@Tornyleft, welcome to this Forum. I believe that you will find it to be a special place. As that "major voice" in magic fades further and further into the distance, there will still be many people on here willing to share their thoughts, their knowledge, their experience, and even videos of...

There are two reasons for wetting sponge balls: Reason (1) to make them plump up and appear larger, because with usage, they get kind of compressed and look quite a bit smaller and lose their round shape. It is much more impressive to vanish a ball that looks big and also equally impressive...

Kids and adults are by definition at different stages of life and world experience. Little kids in particular are balls of energy waiting to be released. They have not learned inhibition yet. They want to be loud and to participate Big Time. Adults are generally more laid back and socially...

For me it depends on the situation. 90% of my close-up work involves strolling, as opposed to being in a stationary spot like you see performers during the performances in the majority of instructional DVDs. Generally it is a bit weird and presumptuous to just sit down with people at their table...

Yes, Anthony is correct. These questions have been answered by a number of intelligent and experienced individuals. To add my 2 cents in reply to the original question of this thread, yet seems to keep getting repeated again and again: "How is exposure a significant problem?" It's a...

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"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare - "Exposure by any other name would smell as foul." - Al e Cat Debra - (I spoke with a Moo-gician about this, and asked him what made him so mad? He said it wasn't a disease at all, but rather all the rampant exposure...

I do not consider Expert Card Technique to be the right book for beginner-intermediate, as Christopher pointed out; it's probably more appropriate for advanced intermediate and up. There are so many ways, based on many different sources, to do a double lift or turnover. IMO what is best is...

@Karo-K54 - I am glad that you asked this question. As is the case with so many things in life, there is good and bad on YouTube. Given that your budget may be kind of tight right now, I believe it will certainly be helpful to your magical development to find the good among the material that...