Hi guys,
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine today. I would appreciate if you read it:
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Jeff:
what are you filming?
Zach: a flourishing video
Jeff:eew
Zach: someone doesn't appreciate time and effort
Jeff: no i just dont like juggling
Zach: why dont you like juggling
Jeff: i find it, ESPECIALLY WITH CARDS, showing off, not impressive, and dumb
hehe
just my opinion
Zach:isnt perfecting and uploading video of a sleight showing off
or a routine that you have worked hard on and uploading to youtube
isnt that showing off the routine
Jeff: i dont make videos of sleight of hand... but we're talking about magicians now, i was talking about flourishing to layman before
Zach: hahah no one flourishes to laymen
people flourish to show other flourishers
Jeff: that makes like no sense
Zach: yeah it does
people who stamp collect, do they show people their collections? No. Will laymen appreciate all the stamps? Probably not.
Jeff: stamp collecting is not a performance art
Zach: true, but my point is: the people who appreciate all the stamps youve collected are stamp collectors, because they know how rare or hard to find the stamps are. With flourishing, flourishers appreciate it because they know how hard it is, and what amount of work it takes
Jeff: thats like saying i should only perform my magic to magicians and not laymen.. because laymen dont understand all the practice it takes
Zach: no magic is different
Jeff: ?
Zach: I think magic goes both ways, it is used as entertainment for laymen and it can be used to show to magicians. You aren't going to show just a perfect classic pass to a layman, you show magicians. Does that make any sense?
Jeff: kinda i guess, but i still think its dumb
Zach: Well i think it's an interesting subject. Do you mind if I post this on the theory11 forums. I want to hear what people think about it
Jeff: sure
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So what do you guys think about this subject? Do you feel flourishing is just showing off? Do you feel it is just an art for flourishers, or do you think it should be performed for laymen?
I look forward to what people think of this.
~Zach
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine today. I would appreciate if you read it:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jeff:
what are you filming?
Zach: a flourishing video
Jeff:eew
Zach: someone doesn't appreciate time and effort
Jeff: no i just dont like juggling
Zach: why dont you like juggling
Jeff: i find it, ESPECIALLY WITH CARDS, showing off, not impressive, and dumb
hehe
just my opinion
Zach:isnt perfecting and uploading video of a sleight showing off
or a routine that you have worked hard on and uploading to youtube
isnt that showing off the routine
Jeff: i dont make videos of sleight of hand... but we're talking about magicians now, i was talking about flourishing to layman before
Zach: hahah no one flourishes to laymen
people flourish to show other flourishers
Jeff: that makes like no sense
Zach: yeah it does
people who stamp collect, do they show people their collections? No. Will laymen appreciate all the stamps? Probably not.
Jeff: stamp collecting is not a performance art
Zach: true, but my point is: the people who appreciate all the stamps youve collected are stamp collectors, because they know how rare or hard to find the stamps are. With flourishing, flourishers appreciate it because they know how hard it is, and what amount of work it takes
Jeff: thats like saying i should only perform my magic to magicians and not laymen.. because laymen dont understand all the practice it takes
Zach: no magic is different
Jeff: ?
Zach: I think magic goes both ways, it is used as entertainment for laymen and it can be used to show to magicians. You aren't going to show just a perfect classic pass to a layman, you show magicians. Does that make any sense?
Jeff: kinda i guess, but i still think its dumb
Zach: Well i think it's an interesting subject. Do you mind if I post this on the theory11 forums. I want to hear what people think about it
Jeff: sure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So what do you guys think about this subject? Do you feel flourishing is just showing off? Do you feel it is just an art for flourishers, or do you think it should be performed for laymen?
I look forward to what people think of this.
~Zach