A quick thought to share.
From T. Nelson Downs' book The Art of Magic:
Downs writes that just over a century ago, a performer who could not conceal 12-15 half dollars in their hand was considered average at best. To conceal three or four was rudimentary and not even worthy of consideration.
Most magicians I know are content to practice with one coin, and consider it a remarkable achievement to palm two.
How do you compare?
Just a realistic reminder that everyone has a long way to go.
From T. Nelson Downs' book The Art of Magic:
This passage was written in 1908. Vernon held the book in high esteem.He is a very ordinary performer who, in this age, cannot conceal a dozen or fifteen coins in his hand [emphasis added], and pluck them singly from the palm to produce in a fan at the finger tips; and there are several specialists in coin manipulation who experience no difficulty in handling a larger number of coins, thinking nothing, for instance, of concealing from thirty-five to forty coins in the hand; and, what is even more remarkable, executing the pass with this unstable stack as easily and indectably [sic] as if they were handling three or four half-dollars.
Downs writes that just over a century ago, a performer who could not conceal 12-15 half dollars in their hand was considered average at best. To conceal three or four was rudimentary and not even worthy of consideration.
Most magicians I know are content to practice with one coin, and consider it a remarkable achievement to palm two.
How do you compare?
Just a realistic reminder that everyone has a long way to go.