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I completely disagree with the idea that flourishing is necessary to reach magic's hidden potential, so to speak - and the entire body of work of guys like Vernon, Marlo, and modern guys like Vigil, and Ricky Jay, stand testament to that. Whilst I'm arguing here for flourishing being an art, I...

That was very impressive, as always, but I expected nothing less. I couldn't help but laugh when he just stood there with a shocked expression on his face. Derren, you sly dog. And congratulations to DB and Nyman are seconded.

Sorry, that made sense in my head. The idea I meant to convey was this: Dance enhances the music and the music enhances the dance. All in the context of dance. I hope that made sense. My bad, thanks for that.

If he gave you permission, then you can. If he didn't, it doesn't matter whether you want to expose it or not, the fact that you want to be similar to him - as Brad said - "You want to do a trick similar to your friends. That is wrong. Inspiration should leads us to set ourselves apart from our...

Because sleights are the only important aspect of magic worth practicing, am I right?

Advocate is basically the same as carrying around two decks. The only difference is, Advocate requires a decent sized pocket (anything that's not skinny jeans small); whereas an invisible deck can be carried in anything that fits a deck, no matter how small. I can also vouch for Aaron's book...

S&M are my performing deck. But honestly, I have a hypothesis, which is this. If you were blindfolded, 95% of magicians who claim this deck to be better than that deck, couldn't tell the difference. I'm going to test that hypothesis soon and post it up here. So honestly, I'd just grab one of...

I cannot speak for PSI series, but the PS series are worth several times their selling price. I can't read more than half a dozen pages at any one time, because there are too many ideas I'd miss if I did - I can't hold onto that much information at the one time. Amongst the best treatises on...

Faded, RD, one of the better discussions I've seen on here for a while. I'm at uni so I won't stay long, except to add and reiterate my previous example of dance: It's unheard of, at least for me, to have dance without sound or some sort of musical accompaniment. I think it's fair to say that...

I can honestly say that nothing in my current card repertoire uses a gimmick. From time to time I'd use Advocate. But I've seen nothing that in my opinion warrants the description "must have". Double backers are great. If you like WOW, use it. But I don't see any reason why any of them are...

Why would he offer you 50 dollars to write up the method? How do we know that he's not actually using aforementioned method? Why do magicians care about catching other magicians out?

How would they define art then? Yes, I believe it can stand on its own. Why couldn't it, in the hands of a skilled creator? However, like theatre, which is often accompanied by music, and set design, and costumes, the experience can often be enhanced by the music. But just as theatre without...

I believe so. For example: students at Jacques Lecoq's acting school learn to express themselves through their body actions. Flourishing at its best is manipulation of a tool which is an extension of the body. None of that, stand in front of the camera 871246 packets moving stuff, mind you. But...

The floodgates have opened. If you're asking for good tricks, you've already proven that not only do you not understand how to perform mentalism, but that you'll do nothing but butcher them.

Man Jamie, you're like psychic or something. >.>

A small group is preferable, but it will work perfectly with one person.

I *would* say that that was lies and slander, but given recent history..

They both have their good and bad. On one hand, Prestos are incredibly overpriced, but have better staff. On the other, Taylors is cheaper but is guaranteed to have about three books in stock, maximum.

Talk to them. Introduce yourself - but NOT as a magician. "Hi, I'm x". And talk to them. And have a normal conversation with them that doesn't involve magic. Sooner or later someone will mention a hobby, or ask you what you do, and bingo. If you can do that, you're set. I'm surprised more...

There are lots of various things you'll find interesting from each place. T11 and E obviously focus on their own products, which is perfectly fine - what I'm saying is, it just depends what you want. Don't limit yourself to anything, to any one anyone says is better, because if someone honestly...