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    Science vs Art

    When a performer starts his performance with, "let's try this experiment", the first thing that comes to my mind is that I am in a science class. I get that mentalism is about plausibility, but that doesn't mean it has to be presented as a science. I have also seen some performers call their...
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    Sleight of hand isn't magic

    From our point of view, we need sleight of hand to be a magician. From the laymen's perspective, it doesn't matter because the magician does the sleight of hand alone. Only the magician knows how it's done and when the magician finishes his performance and the audience is very impressed with the...
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    Cringing

    This may make me seem like a mean person but i need to say it. Nowadays it's rare for me to watch someone perform and enjoy it. I can't help but cring and feel like i would rather do anything else. What is happening?
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    How did you do/know that?

    "As magic stands, the question of 'how' is an embarrassment to the performer." Deren Brown from the book "Absolute magic" "Wondering how is weak mystery - for children. Wondering if is profound mystery for adults." Richard Busch from the book "The Destiny rsponse" I believe, if the answer 'how'...
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    What is the point? (confusing premises)

    Having little better to do, I watched one of Brian brushwood's performance(I know, I know) on YouTube. He was on stage performing "Esp". He was obviously talking about "Esp" because he had nothing esle to say and from the way he said "Esp", you can tell that he thinks it is worthless. Even in...
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    Being natural

    "All I gotta do is... act naturally" taken from "maximum entertainment" by Ken Webster. If you want to see something unnatural, just ask a magician/mentalist to perform for you and then, you will start to see the person infront of you change to become totally different person. You will start to...
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    Challenging the "classics" in mentalism

    I remember when I was new and asking for suggestions on how to start mentalism. When someone new asks on forums like this about where to start, a lot of people recommend " 13 steps to mentalism" and " practical mental magic". This thread is about why I don't think this books are for beginners in...
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    Sleight of hand vs Sleight of mind

    Some time ago, I posted a thread about magicians and boring mentalism but I didn't make my idea clear and I didn't have time to come back and clarify so rather than going back to that thread, I will try to explain about what I posted. There is no boring performance than a magician trying to...
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    Magicians and boring mentalism

    I have been performing mentalism and hypnosis for the last 3 years and I consider myself to be new. Mentalism is easy to perform in a bad way and when most magicians try to perform it, it becomes boring and painful to watch. I am aware, there are Mentalists who perform in a bad way. Most...
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    Penn and Teller : fool us and it's message

    Teller is one the best performers I have ever seen and my inspiration to get to this art. I got to admit, the show "Penn and Teller : fool us shouldn't be seen by layman. It makes our art to be perceived as just deception, secrets, and methods. It also creates the illusion of "me against you"...
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    Things that I always wonder about

    As magicians, we are playing the part of real magician.So i thought about some questions. -Would a real magician carry cards with him? -Would a real magician say, he doesn't have anything on him, when he is asked to perform by someone? -Would he feel entitled to be mean and make stupid jokes...
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    Comedy and Magic/Mentalism

    I saw this guy on Ted talk and he was performing mentalism.Before he started his performance, he needed a spectator to come to the stage.An attractive female was chosen and the first thing this guy said to her was "you look like my next girlfriend." After that I couldn't watch what he was...
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    structuring an effect

    Few years ago, I was reading a book called 'mind control 101' by Dantalion Jones and it was filled with useless information and it was a complete waste of my time but something I read there changed the I structure my routines.It is about three layers of deception. It is called 'stated, hidden...
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    Mentalism and Mind reading(not giving readings)

    Eventhough most people consider mind reading to be the core of mentalism,I don't perform it.Because I don't want to claim to read mind just to suggest that they must write it down.I am aware that I can give justifications why they need to write it down (as it has been explained by the greats...
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