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Unpopular opinion? I thought it is a given that stage magic is very, very difficult. I can easily draw you in if I am a foot away from you, but then feet away under the garb of a 'performer' (and the unintentional role of the know-it-all), connecting with people seems so much more difficult...

Which, as is imperative to add, works for him. It is one of those very very individual-specific methods. OP is much better off not doing this, unless they find their persona very much like Chris'. Chris seems like a really nice guy, I doubt if he really uses this method except when it's really...

May the Force be with you. :)

Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown. While just the mouth of the river leading to the sea of various techniques, that book is a must-have. It is till now the most precious book on 'magic' I own due it's sheer brilliance, the way it's helped my magic ( and even my academics) and because it's...

It exists, I'm pretty sure. A great tip by Derren Brown in Tricks Of The Mind is to force a card or find out the identity of a selected card somehow, then PRETEND to be cold reading, but actually do whatever is required to cold read your subject. This way you can practice it in a fool-proof...

Since the topic did come around to such good ideas, (and forgive me, because I digress), Derren Brown was a staunch believer of Christianity in his childhood and teenage. Now his beliefs are more akin with atheism, but regardless, he says something the world should learn about, and that is:- If...

Part of the reason honestly why I'd rather never engage in being absolutely sceptic completely is because all horror movies show the one's who don't believe dying most gruesomely. So I don't try to mock other people's beliefs or ideas (unless they think that the Earth is flat). It's also a...

Ah. I get it now. So if I think of Yu Ho Jin, I assume I'm correct (?)

Do you basically mean cardistry or am I too suffering from a terminal case of ignorance?

Which is why, in my opinion, mentalist is easy to get wrong, but very difficult to do properly and more importantly, beautifully. I am curious however, how do mentalists not cross the line between blatantly lying and pretending to be something they aren't, and expressing true art in mentalism...

How would you define ' an acceptable' level? Typicaly when I decide to do a second deal, I use it continuously (because personally speaking right now I don't see the point of second dealing just one card...that's basically a type of top change directly from the deck). I also wrist kill just a...

Oh...really? But it does mention that it is from a section of Tricks Of The Mind. Well, if the 'someone who thought they knew how Derren did it' tried to copy his style of writing word for word, he gains 'Brownie' points for that in my opinion :D

The Erdnase mystery, vastly solved now, still serves as an interesting anecdote and even more mysteriously, I always forget to include in my patter (involving that story) that the mystery is somewhat solved. :D The Uri Geller vs James Randi situation was pretty interesting. Max Malini's...

There's the Derren Brown method too, most commonly used, although I don't know if it's heavily derived from one of the methods mentioned above. Derren however has introduced his own style into it, along with his own subtelities. As far as I remember, it was on a free pdf online ages ago. You...

Nah, I mean imagine it in a critical situation, when I have ASKED some close friend to monitor how bad my pass is flashing. How does then the Invisible (essentially the turnover) pass rank then? Can I use gravity to let the one card slide against the bottom surface of the deck instead of...

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Do you mean the one in ECT, the one where the ''card'' requires to be rubbed on a flat surface? Since it's about backpalms, is it normal to have the outside corners (the shorter end's) peek from the gaps between fingers, when the hand is 'open', 'clean' and facing the audience?

How invisible is ECT's invisible pass really? Is it Xavior-Spade-Pass-Project level naturally, or just the good old pass which still requires good misdirection? Can it be performed when the audience is, I don't know, burning your hands with intensity of 75% or something? When doing the Bullet...

And that's hitting the nail directly, exactly on it's head, Sir! True. And so we return to the original topic and I guess the answer is that while it IS my right as a creator (say) to receive complete compensation for whatever moves or effects I invent, I think a bit of that can be sacrificed...

Oh and, since I quoted Brushwood on that, I feel I have the responsibility of making sure the correct context of the quote gets out (which everybody can still disagree to, of course) He specifically said that for content SOLELY online. And you'll find that that's the reason many online services...