If this is working better than what you were doing before, why don't you do this more often?
Enough With Card Flourishes?
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If this is working better than what you were doing before, why don't you do this more often?
Magic, is an art.
Cardistry is an art.
There is no reason for anyone to stop flourishing because it doesn't fool people like magic does. There are many types of arts out there and each of them are different.
You might as well say that people who draw should stop drawing. Kids nowadays like to draw what they see on TV. Should we tell them to stop doing that because they are "trying to be like someone else?"
People try to be like other people because they were inspired by them, not just to copy everything they do.
Cardistry is an art.
There is no reason for anyone to stop flourishing because it doesn't fool people like magic does. There are many types of arts out there and each of them are different.
You might as well say that people who draw should stop drawing. Kids nowadays like to draw what they see on TV. Should we tell them to stop doing that because they are "trying to be like someone else?"
People try to be like other people because they were inspired by them, not just to copy everything they do.
I am. Didn't you understand that? Every time this happens, I do something different, because nothing I've done before has ever worked. So whereas previously I had never done this, I have now done it once because I think it might work.
If I'm right, I'll keep doing it. If I'm wrong, I'll do something else next time. That's how you solve problems like this - you experiment, and whenever something doesn't work, you conduct a post-mortem on the situation to make sure you understand why it didn't work and what needs to change. Since I only get to conduct these experiments three or four times a year, and the precise conditions of each experiment are out of my control, it takes a very long time to make any progress.
This thread started with Sands wanting to know two things, why so many Flourish videos and why so many people copy one another.
Now this thread turned into people complaining about other people not making paragraphs, grammar errors, "straw arguments", etc. If people actually replied to the real meaning of posts we wouldn't have this problem. Instead of having a civilized debate you guys turn this into an all out war of who sounds more "intelligent". Personally, I believe layman are more than qualified to render an opinion that one should consider because they are the spectators. Their opinion is somewhat important.
ThisTwoGoesTo22: You're still stuck on my last few sentences aren't you? The rest of my post seems to fly right past you. In case you haven't noticed, I said "In my opinion" so don't lecture me, I never tried to pass it off as factual.
Let's move on with our lives and not fight about definitions, punctual errors, etc. It's getting ridiculous. Everyone is trying to outwit one another with big words so they can seem as if they're right. You know what I'm talking about. Now instead of trying to prove me wrong for the next twenty posts...how about we get back on topic?
Now this thread turned into people complaining about other people not making paragraphs, grammar errors, "straw arguments", etc. If people actually replied to the real meaning of posts we wouldn't have this problem. Instead of having a civilized debate you guys turn this into an all out war of who sounds more "intelligent". Personally, I believe layman are more than qualified to render an opinion that one should consider because they are the spectators. Their opinion is somewhat important.
ThisTwoGoesTo22: You're still stuck on my last few sentences aren't you? The rest of my post seems to fly right past you. In case you haven't noticed, I said "In my opinion" so don't lecture me, I never tried to pass it off as factual.
Let's move on with our lives and not fight about definitions, punctual errors, etc. It's getting ridiculous. Everyone is trying to outwit one another with big words so they can seem as if they're right. You know what I'm talking about. Now instead of trying to prove me wrong for the next twenty posts...how about we get back on topic?
Then I think it's safe to say we've finally reached a conclusion we can both be happy with.
The problem is that people have tremendous difficulty identifying the real meaning of posts. So what you've said is, effectively, "if we didn't have this problem we wouldn't have this problem".
And I believe you are right.
Not on technical matters. Anyone qualified to render an opinion on technical matters is by definition not a layman.
The layman is, of course, able to render an opinion on technical matters... but since he does not understand them, his opinion has little value.
Looks that way.
And I'm glad, because I like it here, and you're one of the smarter folks on the forum. I'd hate to end up unable to discuss anything productively with you.
See what I mean? Enough with the definitions already. I'm done here, it's a full circle all over again. Let's just all agree to disagree. No one is going to level with each other.
"The layman is, of course, able to render an opinion on technical matters... but since he does not understand them, his opinion has little value." ........That's your opinion suitable for what you're doing, not for what I'm doing.
Take care,
"The layman is, of course, able to render an opinion on technical matters... but since he does not understand them, his opinion has little value." ........That's your opinion suitable for what you're doing, not for what I'm doing.
Take care,
If you are having this much trouble understanding what I said, I didn't say it correctly. That's my fault, and I have to fix it.
The problem with asking a layman his opinion on contact juggling is that you're asking someone a technical question about something he has never studied and does not understand.
It's like asking someone waiting in the emergency room whether this mass you found during a biopsy is cancerous. He might have an opinion, but it's worthless. You can't rely on it. You certainly can't go back to the patient and say "hey, I just talked to a guy in the waiting room, and guess what?"
This has nothing to do with how smart the guy in the waiting room is. He might be a nuclear physicist. On the other hand, he might be a peanut farmer. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that the question is of a technical nature, and you have to ask it of someone who understands the subject.
You can still ask the peanut farmer what to do about aflatoxin contamination. Because he understands the subject, his opinion on this technical matter has value. And you can ask the nuclear physicist whether he likes American Idol, because it's not a technical question. But asking the nuclear physicist about aflatoxin contamination is probably a bad idea.
I'm fine with cardistry and I respect it. But nowadays, it seems like it's all getting a little bit show-offy rather than an artistic expression. Magicians are using these hardcore Buck Twins flourishes to pretty much say "hey, look at me!" because really, there's no way you aren't going to attract attention with 8 packets of cards flailing around every which way. I find them distracting and also I find they sort of show up other magicians who do not flourish their cards.
I'll stick to my Charlier Cuts.
I'll stick to my Charlier Cuts.
To be honest, I WON'T USE CARDS!!! Why? Because I'm going to look magic. Not "maybe a trick deck" type magic. Not "look he can do something hard that I can't because I don't have the time or patience" but "how the hell did he do that?" type of magic. I'm not going to fiddle around with some paper that's easy to manipulate with some practice. I' don't need anything to be magic, I AM MAGIC. I'm going to go out WITHOUT a deck of cards and the knowledge of how to do fifty-thousand flourishes which to a laymen all look the same. I'm going out and reading their mind, slowing time, and bringing them to a magical place in TODAYS world. Not in a deck of cards that Bicycle made, but in MY hands. That's all I have to say.
Why the truck are you on a magic site, If you think it's a terrible crime to use cards, specially T11? Lulz, them crazy mentalists.
Spongeballs spring to mind....can't even count the number of guys who laugh at working with spongeballs and scoff at the notion of using them.
Eugene Burger still performs a routine with spongeballs.
--Jim
*note- yes I have been turned on the the wisdom of Burger and McBride and it's about time =)
Same here. I don't do anything with them, but they're the single greatest way to cultivate a light touch, and everybody just sort of sniffs at them because they're too silly. Cracks me up.
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Depends on the performer and what they want to show to the world.
As I said before, this has no merit. Who in the hell are you to make this statement? "Don't take this offensively" does NOT give you a wild card to spew fallacies.
Also, magic contains a lot more than cards and flourishing.
Completely agree.
Take care
Sorry to rain all over your parade, but OTHER people do mind readings, and OTHER people slow time. Yes TODAY people are doing this. Darren Brown does it all the time. These people are called mentalists, there's actually a section for them in the media part or Theory 11. Looks like your either going to have to:
A) Get off your high horse and live like the rest of us using tricks adapted from others.
B) Reinvent all magic as we know it, if you do PM me, I'd LOVE to know how you did it.
If people are thinking this after you perform for them with cards, you're doing something colossally wrong. People will think it's all manipulation and quick hands if your performance tells them to think that way just like people will be literally beyond words and believe that they just witnessed something truly special if your presentation is right.
In other words, it's you, not the props. If you want proof of this, look no further than...well, any successful professional card magician. The ones running this site would be a good place to start.
I have books that asks you to barrow a gentlemen handkerchief and a silver dollar.
1. no one knows what a thimble is anymore
2. the dollar coin is now the size of a quarter
3. cigarettes are bad they kill
4. cigarette paper is associated with marijuana now.
lots of things in magic are passing through due to times lets see what will happen to card to cell phone in 5 years.,cards is one thing thats survived the times. embrace it. I for one have the Dan and Dave DVD just so i can learn one flourish so i can use the line "JUST A SIMPLE CUT" in the middle of a card routine.
1. no one knows what a thimble is anymore
2. the dollar coin is now the size of a quarter
3. cigarettes are bad they kill
4. cigarette paper is associated with marijuana now.
lots of things in magic are passing through due to times lets see what will happen to card to cell phone in 5 years.,cards is one thing thats survived the times. embrace it. I for one have the Dan and Dave DVD just so i can learn one flourish so i can use the line "JUST A SIMPLE CUT" in the middle of a card routine.