Hello all.
I realised recently something, something which I have referred to as The Science of Magic, or Flourishing. Now what is this?
Well this phrase, in my mind, refers to how something works, whether it be what kind of pressure and where it is necessary to get things to work, or even how a self working trick works. For example, Under Pressure by Michael Vile, is a flourish that many people can do, however I have seen, multiple times, people say "How did you get it to go fast" or "slow" or maybe "how did you get the cards to run of singly as opposed to in a chunk?" And I realised this is my Science of Magic, it's the way something actually works and what gets it to works. I know how and where to pressure to get certain variables of Under Pressure to change. Or even in certain tricks, how do things or sleights that you regard as " it just works" work. This is the best way I can describe this concept to you.
So why I am I talking? I wondered, how many of you, a) Understand this concept? b) Use this concept and understand the actual Science of Magic? and c) feel this science is necessary and knowing just "the thing to do to make it work" is enough to know about this hypothetical trick / sleight / flourish?
I would appreciate your views on the above questions, and if you feel this thread is a waste of three paragraphs, then don't reply, or at least reply with some interesting complaints.
Thank You very much,
Tom Field
I realised recently something, something which I have referred to as The Science of Magic, or Flourishing. Now what is this?
Well this phrase, in my mind, refers to how something works, whether it be what kind of pressure and where it is necessary to get things to work, or even how a self working trick works. For example, Under Pressure by Michael Vile, is a flourish that many people can do, however I have seen, multiple times, people say "How did you get it to go fast" or "slow" or maybe "how did you get the cards to run of singly as opposed to in a chunk?" And I realised this is my Science of Magic, it's the way something actually works and what gets it to works. I know how and where to pressure to get certain variables of Under Pressure to change. Or even in certain tricks, how do things or sleights that you regard as " it just works" work. This is the best way I can describe this concept to you.
So why I am I talking? I wondered, how many of you, a) Understand this concept? b) Use this concept and understand the actual Science of Magic? and c) feel this science is necessary and knowing just "the thing to do to make it work" is enough to know about this hypothetical trick / sleight / flourish?
I would appreciate your views on the above questions, and if you feel this thread is a waste of three paragraphs, then don't reply, or at least reply with some interesting complaints.
Thank You very much,
Tom Field
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