So I’ve got a one week break from school now, and thus far the majority of my time has been spent with cards in my hand. Just regular old playing cards, but I’ve been practising like mad to try and make them do interesting magical stuff. It sure isn’t easy, and you really gain inspiration from those masters of card magic on Youtube. In fact, if anyone knows of a great close-up card magician whose performances are widely available on Youtube, please leave their name in the comments, I’ve personally only been watching Bill Malone.
Now, my obsession with magics starts with and ends with playing cards. They’re really the only form of tricks I’d bother learning and practising. They might not be the most effective form of magic, but they’re still the most believable. Most other close up magic requires gimmicks that won’t hold up to inspection, but cards are more or less the only thing with which you can make wonders occur but yet make them seem like completely oridinary cards.
That being said, it sure is hard work (as with everything else) to be able to do any trick well. It will reach a point where your hands will even start to hurt from handling the cards too much. Alas, I have no choice but to keep practising. Thank goodness I’m only doing it for this week.
I’ve even gone to great lengths to purchase new decks for the fun of it. I really think collecting playing cards could become a hobby of some sort, what with all the cool styles ellusionist keeps churning out. From transparent ones, to black ones, to plastic ones, etc.
Enough typing for now, time to go back to practising.
