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Drift Shift is a fantastic move I use from time to time when I feel particularly daring. I love that every moment you're performing the sleight, you're thinking, "This can't possibly be hidden, this can't possibly work!"

Damn. I thought that me and Mystifier1 were the only ones who did that.

The thing is though, creativity isn't something you can study, or learn by example. "This is an example of how one might express creativity" doesn't really work.. I can definitely see the merits of such a book/compilation, but still... I'm wrestling with the idea that such lessons can and should...

I used to have this issue a lot, and in recent months I've been working on a solution. Namely, you need to get to know your repertoire better. Know what you know, so to speak, which is ironic but very true. You need to grab everything you know, and condense it into a routine of maybe 4 effects...

Gaff related magic? Try Richard Kaufman's 5X5 Japan. It sounds like exactly what you're looking for, is a great book with many different types of magic, and is pretty heavily gimmicked.

Ken Weber. Weber. Why are we recommending books we obviously don't have? It's a good book, though. I'm gonna go for some stuff that people don't normally suggest, just because everyone will say things like The Paper Engine, etc., as good as it is - it's becoming the "in" thing to do. 52...

Simon, I'm about to PM you. But for the record - read 13 Steps to Mentalism. The first step teaches you everything you need to know about swami gimmicks, how to use them, and when, including what the differences are. It's almost a sin to be performing swami work without first reading Corinda.

Hey, nice post man. I was thinking about something similar the other day. As of earlier this week, there are now 100 days left in the year. So I wanted to make a difference by setting down some goals for myself. I'd rather not share them here, but they range from personal life to professional...

Touché. [Word Count]

The OPer wasn't asking about how to get started in mentalism. -_-"

Hi arto, welcome to T11! Good to see you posting for the first time. Honestly, I know a lot of people will ask, "What is your skill level? What have you mastered?" as first questions, and I see you've tried to answer that, but I think that's pretty useless, largely because most magicians are...

Nice to see you Morgs. And yes, I totally agree. I dislike spending time with most magicians for a similar reason. One magician I know reasonably well is the first to admit that he is a big heckler. And I can't help but wonder, why? I just don't understand, it's the ultimate in banal...

SleightofCards, firstly, welcome back. I think there are a few things that need to be said in regards to your post. Firstly, I will simply say this: before you perform mentalism, you must come to an understanding of what mentalism actually is. That is, get an idea of what's out there. So I...

There's an interesting thread not too long ago from the cafe that discussed safety measures such as Kenton's above. I'm sorry to hear about that Michael, and I definitely sympathise. The only thing I would add is that, unfortunately, this sort of thing is almost impossible to combat, and it's...

You're hurting your argument simply by speaking at all.

I personally feel that some of the UltraGaff cards look too farfetched to be useful for my style of magic - they lean towards visual gags rather than anything else, designed to elicit a laugh you might give to seeing something clever, rather than magical. But JDEN's post was more or less...

I'm assuming you meant "Pughe's"?

Uhh, no offense JB, but all of RDC's post talks about reported threads which have been ignored. Kinda feels like someone didn't bother to read the entire thread :rolleyes:

lol, you realise that's not magic, right? :P

I'm simply going to state two things from my observations: 1. I agree with what both Will Draven and RDC have posted above. 2. There have been quite a number of notable inconsistencies with moderating standards over the past however long it's been. These regard to threads that involve...