How many effects do you have in your repertoire that you would enjoy performing? How many of those are enjoyed by the spectators?
Alright, so I have asked two simple questions that can be guessed at, and you have answered these two with relative accuracy I hope.
Now how many of those are card tricks? OOOOOO, that's a lot.
Alright so I have asked another question and commented on what your answer most likely was.
Now you are asking yourself "okay.... so what's the point?" Well I'm glad you asked, and if you didn't then your following along even better than imagined.
So the answer and question to the above is, how does it relate to your audience?
I could talk all day about the importance of having a unique and powerful presentation to each and one of your effects. I could also talk about how useless some effects are because the audience simply doesn't care.
So..... let's talk about this little dilemma that many of you have faced and most likely not even realized. A quick little note, this was inspired by the people who fail to understand a specs response to your magic by saying "can you levitate?"
What about what you show them makes them want to see it? So many questions I know, but you should get something out of this I hope, and my thoughts are a bit messy right now being 4:30 in the morning.
When you show them Eric Jones Ishkabibble sandwhich what makes them want to see it, or perhaps one of my favorite effects many of you know as Here Then There?
What use do they have other than to simply show off some sort of sleight of hand or what you claim as magic? It's like watching the Transformers movies by Michael Bay, full of action and something exciting yet we can all agree there was no real story or anything beyond the expensive thrill ride.
This is what many of you and your magic is being viewed as. You may not realize it but think back to all of your performances to people and ask yourself this question instead of answering mine. I wonder what they got out of it? I wonder what made it relate to them? Answer.... to those who don't lie to themselves, nothing.
Some of you are reading this and may disagree because you are a true performer like William Draven and this does not apply to you are well past this point.
What are some things you wish you could do in real life not necessarily magical?
Tell when people are lying, turn objects on and off with my mind, fly, read minds, see through women's undergarments, make objects float, and remember where I put things.
I'm sure most of you have similar wishes, to be able to do extraordinary things that almost seem impossible but in the realm of magic it's simply making it seem like this.
How on insert spiritual god here blue earth does making a sandwich effect relate to me? Yes I understand presentation goes a long way here, but shouldn't there be other ways in doing so?
Well now that all the questions have been asked I'll give you a fairly quick answer to the core subject of what I have been dabbling about.
You relate it by thinking. You think about what you want to do and make the effects relate in some sort of way. I wonder if I could tell when people are lying and how I could make this a bad a** magic trick. You see, people want to see something that they wish they could do, and believe me making a card appear to the top of the deck isn't on anybody list except for Poker pros who are getting dealt to first.
Think about this next time you find a cool effect, or working on your presentation. Put some thought into it and how on earth it would make your audience feel like they put time into watching something meaningful. It's not that difficult, at least not that difficult when you actually put some time and energy into that which you claim.
Last note, saying your fingers are a time machine for the card to appear on the top is dumb. Hate to be so rash but it is, no one believes it nor cares because while many want to travel back in time they certainly don't care that a card can go back in time and not them.
Alright, so I have asked two simple questions that can be guessed at, and you have answered these two with relative accuracy I hope.
Now how many of those are card tricks? OOOOOO, that's a lot.
Alright so I have asked another question and commented on what your answer most likely was.
Now you are asking yourself "okay.... so what's the point?" Well I'm glad you asked, and if you didn't then your following along even better than imagined.
So the answer and question to the above is, how does it relate to your audience?
I could talk all day about the importance of having a unique and powerful presentation to each and one of your effects. I could also talk about how useless some effects are because the audience simply doesn't care.
So..... let's talk about this little dilemma that many of you have faced and most likely not even realized. A quick little note, this was inspired by the people who fail to understand a specs response to your magic by saying "can you levitate?"
What about what you show them makes them want to see it? So many questions I know, but you should get something out of this I hope, and my thoughts are a bit messy right now being 4:30 in the morning.
When you show them Eric Jones Ishkabibble sandwhich what makes them want to see it, or perhaps one of my favorite effects many of you know as Here Then There?
What use do they have other than to simply show off some sort of sleight of hand or what you claim as magic? It's like watching the Transformers movies by Michael Bay, full of action and something exciting yet we can all agree there was no real story or anything beyond the expensive thrill ride.
This is what many of you and your magic is being viewed as. You may not realize it but think back to all of your performances to people and ask yourself this question instead of answering mine. I wonder what they got out of it? I wonder what made it relate to them? Answer.... to those who don't lie to themselves, nothing.
Some of you are reading this and may disagree because you are a true performer like William Draven and this does not apply to you are well past this point.
What are some things you wish you could do in real life not necessarily magical?
Tell when people are lying, turn objects on and off with my mind, fly, read minds, see through women's undergarments, make objects float, and remember where I put things.
I'm sure most of you have similar wishes, to be able to do extraordinary things that almost seem impossible but in the realm of magic it's simply making it seem like this.
How on insert spiritual god here blue earth does making a sandwich effect relate to me? Yes I understand presentation goes a long way here, but shouldn't there be other ways in doing so?
Well now that all the questions have been asked I'll give you a fairly quick answer to the core subject of what I have been dabbling about.
You relate it by thinking. You think about what you want to do and make the effects relate in some sort of way. I wonder if I could tell when people are lying and how I could make this a bad a** magic trick. You see, people want to see something that they wish they could do, and believe me making a card appear to the top of the deck isn't on anybody list except for Poker pros who are getting dealt to first.
Think about this next time you find a cool effect, or working on your presentation. Put some thought into it and how on earth it would make your audience feel like they put time into watching something meaningful. It's not that difficult, at least not that difficult when you actually put some time and energy into that which you claim.
Last note, saying your fingers are a time machine for the card to appear on the top is dumb. Hate to be so rash but it is, no one believes it nor cares because while many want to travel back in time they certainly don't care that a card can go back in time and not them.