That wasn't the question. The question was, can a Mentalist also do card and coin magic and still be considered a mentalist. Or would he be grouped with magicians who just do mental magic.
That reply presumes that you dont know what mentalism is, you know what mental magic is.
You can do sleight of hand stuff in your routine/show but that will lead off the theme if you present it as a magic trick. If you present it as a Mentalist demonstration it becomes somewhat mentalist, but its closer to mental magic i think.
@Visualartist, yes i can do what you do. I am a mentalist and i think that you cant do what i do. How would you do a seance? How would you do an impromptu book test? How would you do a blindfolded item reading?
You cant do any of these, because you haven't studied the art. *man i am pissed at you*
They are two completley seperate artforms, on e concentrating on more of psychological than sleight of hand princibles.
Also modern mentalism uses the magic roots to make some miracles work.
Everything needs practice and if i choose to be either a magician, mentalist, geek magician, stage artist whatever, its my choice and every one of them need attention and practice.
*Is officially bummed out or the day, some punk ass kid just pissed me off, thats a first*
Some more questions for visualartist:
How would you do a complete show with only a stop to a local office supply store?
How would you do a 30 minute Q&A routine?
PM me with all those questions i would love to hear what you say, because ive been in this for a year and a half and i now more and more use only Mentalism.
Now if you can do mentalism then please make me a patter that uses subliminal messaging, and get the spectator to be in a certain mood and act a certain way. Ive studyied this stuff so i can get as much as i can out of my spectators. So if you claim you are a mentalist than by all means please tell us what you can do with a center tear and billet change.
Mikk
PS. I would love to hear what the **** you have to say!
