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I performed this at work today (from chapter 3 in Corinda). Got great results! But the best part of all is that someone walked into the effect midway as I was doing it... she was under the impression that I was never told what the objects were... someone wrote down 20 objects without me...

You could also break off some pencil lead and affix it to your thumbnail with scotch tape or masking tape. This could be useful if you are asked to perform but don't have anything on you. Even then though I would probably just do different effects, but different strokes

I can't say much about making your own, but I can give you insight into the different types. My favorite is the 2mm Vernet band writer. The regular swami is too small and gets lost, the boon is liable to lose its stickiness. The thumb tip writer is overkill for most situations. But the band...

I have never done this before, but I have photographer friends who want to help me with this. What are some pitfalls to be aware of or things I should definitely do before this for a successful outcome? Thank you!

Artifice, bee, tally ho are my favorites. Bee is not so popular among magicians but I absolutely love them!

I find it interesting how different companies' business cultures seems to affect individual people there, and how they respond if you perform for them. One place I worked at loved my mentalism and magic, and everyone wanted me to show it to their friend. "You gotta see this!" At a different...

It took me by surprise... I have never known that to happen before. I have only seen people who merely are not interested in it, or magic etc. Perhaps if they were super religious and such a thing crosses a boundary on principle.

I believe I said to write down the name of someone they knew who I didn't know, and someone who wasn't even their fb friend or connected on social media in any way, so that no one could know who that person is. In my CT routine I never take the billet right away, I do some cold reading to...

It's hard bc I heard this through the grape vine, though no one seemed uncomfortable in the moment I was doing anything... the effect I did was a center tear where I had someone write down the name of someone. I did some cold reading before reading the billet. I also did a pocket writing book...

Today I heard through the grape vine that some people liked a lot of the things I performed, but that the more direct telepathy related effects I did made them feel uncomfortable. Has this ever happened to anyone here? Or perhaps the spectator had a negative reaction in real time? What can I...

If I am going my my definition, there I am ton of overlap. I don't know that anyone does exclusively one or the other. Magicians will use applied psychology to be more convincing. Mentalists still perform pieces of magic, but don't present it as magic, obviously sleight of hand. I think...

There's no contradiction here. People do tend to find mentalism more credible than magic, but that is not what makes mentalism mentalism according to my view. I think methods do matter because magic and mentalism are just not the same skill sets. Take this as an example: a mentalist is doing...

I am referring to people who believe in psychics.

I hold what is perhaps an unconventional view on what the difference is between mental magic and mentalism. A lot of people say it is how it is perceived... that the magician asks you to suspend belief, and the mentalist encourages you to believe. I reject this view though, as the way that I...

That's a very interesting thought, Christopher. I just see so much appeal with it. How impossible would an effect look if the method by which you really did it is also practically impossible? I just see so many directions to go in with this. Having three spectator suddenly understand a...

What mentalism effects or routines could you do if you spoke 6 languages? I have a passion for language, and think this could lend itself well to performance. If you were a polyglot, what could you and would you do with it in a performance?

It's just a problem that mentalism runs into, just like how card magicians have their own problem... a lot of people don't want to see a litany of card tricks. Finding any little way to keep interest transcends magic or mentalism; it's just staging and being a good performer.

One of the other things about PK effects is that they are great for maintaining visual interest in Mentalism. Theven best performers of mentalism find ways to make their act visually interesting, with large predictions etc. But maybe you are asked to perform on the spot and don't have anything...

I am of the opinion that PK effects are basically magic tricks for mentalists... I do them sometimes, but you gotta think about how it fits with the way you present your art. Sometimes less is more. Banachek in particular talks about people doing "balloon animals with forks." Don't be that...

Way Out of this World, Predixion, or Center Tear