2009:
2009 was a very eventful year in both my personal life and down my journey of cardistry. I’ve made all the typical strides in the past year: learned new sleights, flourishes, tricks, etc. But perhaps my biggest accomplishment was writing two sets of notes entitled: “Assembly 8” and “SICK SEVEN”. I remember having 13-14 hour days working tirelessly on these notes putting my heart and soul in both these notes.
The first set I wrote was “Assembly 8”. I was a set featuring my work in card productions. After countless drafts and revisions, I had finished them. I was so proud, I wanted to start selling them immediately. I talked with some people to help market and sell. I got so close to releasing them however, a virus attacked my computer forcing me to reformat. Having no back up, the notes were erased. I was devestated. All my hard work seemed to have gone down the drain.
Then, a few months later, I decided it was time to try again. This time, better. I re-wrote all the notes and added some new creations in. I called this set “SICK SEVEN”. But, this time, instead of trying to sell them immediately, I waited. I set those notes aside and focused on other matters. I’m not entirely sure why I did this. I just felt that I should wait before releasing the notes.
A few weeks later I came back to them and re-read what I had written. And, a strange and shocking reality hit me. It has hard to accept or even realize. They weren’t good… The moves turned out to be small variations on already published material.
I remembered a video I had watched a while ago. It was created by Lee Asher talking about how magic is a higher form of learning. He explains that when you publish new material, it has to be innovative and new. Only about half the items in my notes met those standards. As hard was it was to do, I swallowed my pride and never relased those notes. As hard as I had worked on them, the initial material wasn’t contributing a lot to the community. I realized that it was better off unrealised. I learned that as proud as I was with those notes, it comes down to the quality of the material. When someone releases something to the community, it has to be something that can propel the art forward. I learned that everyone, myself included, must follow this rule.
2010:
My main goal for 2010 is to accomplish that very goal. To release a creation of mine that can propel this art forward. I will make sure it is new, something no one’s thought of before, and something people will be able to use.
2009 was a very eventful year in both my personal life and down my journey of cardistry. I’ve made all the typical strides in the past year: learned new sleights, flourishes, tricks, etc. But perhaps my biggest accomplishment was writing two sets of notes entitled: “Assembly 8” and “SICK SEVEN”. I remember having 13-14 hour days working tirelessly on these notes putting my heart and soul in both these notes.
The first set I wrote was “Assembly 8”. I was a set featuring my work in card productions. After countless drafts and revisions, I had finished them. I was so proud, I wanted to start selling them immediately. I talked with some people to help market and sell. I got so close to releasing them however, a virus attacked my computer forcing me to reformat. Having no back up, the notes were erased. I was devestated. All my hard work seemed to have gone down the drain.
Then, a few months later, I decided it was time to try again. This time, better. I re-wrote all the notes and added some new creations in. I called this set “SICK SEVEN”. But, this time, instead of trying to sell them immediately, I waited. I set those notes aside and focused on other matters. I’m not entirely sure why I did this. I just felt that I should wait before releasing the notes.
A few weeks later I came back to them and re-read what I had written. And, a strange and shocking reality hit me. It has hard to accept or even realize. They weren’t good… The moves turned out to be small variations on already published material.
I remembered a video I had watched a while ago. It was created by Lee Asher talking about how magic is a higher form of learning. He explains that when you publish new material, it has to be innovative and new. Only about half the items in my notes met those standards. As hard was it was to do, I swallowed my pride and never relased those notes. As hard as I had worked on them, the initial material wasn’t contributing a lot to the community. I realized that it was better off unrealised. I learned that as proud as I was with those notes, it comes down to the quality of the material. When someone releases something to the community, it has to be something that can propel the art forward. I learned that everyone, myself included, must follow this rule.
2010:
My main goal for 2010 is to accomplish that very goal. To release a creation of mine that can propel this art forward. I will make sure it is new, something no one’s thought of before, and something people will be able to use.
