Nicely Said but as you said Ego is a very big problem in all aspects of performing, From artists thinking their all that to say a footballer thinking he is great.
In the end no-one will remember that one bad thing said but all the good things but unfourtunately some people are stuck to far up...
It has nothing to do with geeks/nerds what ever you want to call them.
its the freakier side of magic the more real side. Like sword swallowing, eating razor blades and so on are geek stunts.
Thread, Saw , Wounded stuff like that is geek magic
Your right it isnt about impressing your fellow magicians its about giving laymen the expierence of magic as a whole. You can always work on your own patter presentation as well anyway
The Royal Road to card magic is going to pop up heaps It is such a great Book to learn many tricks and sleights from.
for coin magic get Bobo's guide to coin magic
for mentalism get 13 steps to Mentalism
Tom
Interesting use for the gaff card looks cool i might try it my self but you should have stopped in the middle for it to sink in that it is slowly changing but yer pretty cool
Cheers Tom
Damn i thought the mayor could do it.
but yer it would be pretty hard to get on camera you would stuff a fair few times. or not be as fluid as said above as you would want to be
Inspirational im putting that in my sig thats of topic though.
True work on your sleights and hecklers shouldnt catch you. Like said it doesnt mean you need to FRY them with new tricks only improve on your older ones for example even with an ACR try a different kind of break. IMPROVISE