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I think he is a brilliant man. One of the smarter minds in magic today.

Get AOA, you will have everything you need, from inspiring essays to incredible effects, some gimmicked, some impromptu, most are practical, some dares, some games. You will also have an arsenal of effect that could very well get you jobs if you mastered them and used them.

It's a dog eat dog world. :P Have a sense of humor. someboddddy

There's an amazing Dane Cook bit about Atheists and Catholics... sigh...

Art does not exist. Artists do. Sometimes Music is just music, film is just film, brick laying is just brick laying, and magic is sometimes just trickery. It's up to the artist to turn these things into what we call art. It's not art just because you do it, it's art because of what you make it.

I think the key aspect you hit was the fact that DVDs are great for learning methods. I know I'm much more comfortable when I've learned the sleight from video. Just because I'm often unsure of if I'm doing it right when I read the description. The upside to just reading it is, you have a much...

take your time with it, don't just throw it together. Please. Have an idea as far as what you want it to look like, maybe even map it out to some degree, and do your best to accomplish that.

That is something I've noticed. I have yet to actually film myself, but I do watch a lot of magic. Live magic videos - I don't even pay attention to the quality really, as long as it's clear, I judge the amazingness on how good the performance is, as well as reactions. Solo magic - I...

That's exactly my mentality. Or pretty darn close anyway. Love Madison's work, but haven't gotten anything due to the inconvenience. I have a hard enough time with DVD's. I love just taking a book and the needed materials, lock myself into my screenless room and work on an effect and the...

ooh ooh. I posted this already, but I won't stone you. Great song.

that said, I have no clue if the harbor change uses a palming technique.

If you don't like palming, learn to palm. Don't limit yourself due to not liking something, due to not being able to. make your weakness your strength. That is of course, unless you have a strong moral objection to palming. But if a trick comes along that intrigues you, but involves a palm or...

I want to point out something that my message seemed to contradict when looking over my post. I don't entirely mean "personal" as in "keep to self". I strongly believe we should share and spread our faith, but we most know how to do so.

Faith is a beautiful thing. A personal thing. I feel it shouldn't be stuck on a pedestal. Of course I feel one should be a living "ministry". But like Derren Brown said, "People are often terrible promoters for their own beliefs." You can show that you're a spiritual person and exemplify that...

what I've learned is that the lighter you treat your sleights, the smoother they'll be. You want to have a firm grasp of course. But be loose and comfortable. Many a times I've failed a sleight due to gripping too hard or too much tension.

Hankins? seems like a new fresh face, although his 1-on-1 was already announced.

I'm a christian. And a magician. I don't really feel I should force religion onto people, so I don't make gospel oriented magic, as far as patter and such goes. I feel you can lead by example which is one of the more important aspects when it comes to being a christian artist. and more...

^ Seconded :P

I can guarantee the AOA series is not just another set of books with tricks that every other book has. This is original thinking at its best. I'll have to look through mine to see which I'd recommend you get if you're to only get one right now. I'd like to say just get book 1 right now and...

I second that recommendation ^ As well as Derren Brown's Tricks Of The Mind. For books along those lines. I would even goes so far as to say it's much better than Blaine's. And I love Blaine's.