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If you misdirect strongly enough, you can even get away with just cutting the deck in your hands.

It's a part of The Professor's first scene

I died a little inside when he started doing that trick.

http://community.dananddave.com/showthread.php?t=2244

How is your left thumb positioned on the deck? (Or right thumb, if your right hand is your base hand) Initially, you pressure fan about 2/3 - 3/4 of the fan, then normal fan the rest with your fingers. It's possible to pressure fan the entire thing, but your pivot point of your thumb...

In Blackjack, have a natural as the top 2, then you can get both. In Hold 'em, have a high pair as the top 2, then you can get both.

sooooo. anyone else want to admit that they don't know the difference between "practical" and "impromtu"?

Yes you did, I liked your response very much. I guess if art is looked at in that way, it really does give everything the potential to be art, which is what I'm having trouble processing. For example, the baseball thing. If you really are passionate about it, and put all of your being...

and herein lies our problem. The way we define art. "Art" doesn't have a concrete definition. You see art as being creative, I don't. I see art as a portrayal of emotion, you don't. I may consider one thing an art, you may not. Like this: I don't necessarily agree that playing...

Excellent suggestion, I'd like to see this done. I acknowledge now that cardistry is an art, after Andrei's reply. I'd never seen it looked at in that way. Though the creative process which he follows is artistic, which is something I'd never heard of being applied to cardistry. I'd be...

Thanks JDEN for sharing, I've just audience tested some of these effects. DEO A vanish of a coin using a deodorant can. Technique wise, it's nto hard at all. If you have knowledge of basic coin handling, this should be a breeze. It has a great feel to it, and my audiences loved it. I...

Since view is extremely tolerant, I just looked at that sentance in a different way to the way you processed it, so that's all good. You still haven't answered my question about the w.e.r.m. and what emotion is being portrayed.

Finally a tangible answer on this subject. I don't consider what i'm doing as criticizm. I'm questioning because I don't understand and because I want to understand. Andrei gave the perfect answer. The creative process of throwing paint against a canvas might have been done in anger, or...

I'm not even going to bother debating modernism, post modernism or minimalism here. Let's just discount your "random paint splatters". Don't criticize what you can't understand. The example of "The Werm" was given before. What emotion is being portrayed when one does "The Werm"? I'll give...

Ok debate time. Topic: "Cardistry is an art" Cardistry: The manipulation of playing cards into different forms. (if you disagree with this definition of Cardistry, give another one) Art: Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the emotions...

OK, maybe knowing the entire script isn't a necessity, but my teacher never let us engage in improvisation in character unless we had memorized our scripts. regardless, my point still stands, and it seems you agree with me: eg. accidents, people forgetting lines, people not coming on...

and this is all conducive to understanding our magic better, it's good. Yes, but being able to freely interact with the audience like that, without a script especially, is testament to how much work he has put into his character. You think he tried improvising in character without first...

My proposed topic is: "Cardistry is an art." If you'd like to change it go ahead, but I'd like to argue against the topic.

I'm up for it, as long as it stays civil. Could you give your definition for "art" please?

Oh. OK. Can we debate about whether flourishing is an art?