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		<title>My Obsession With Card Tricks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;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&#8217;ve been practising like mad to try and make them do interesting magical stuff. It sure isn&#8217;t easy, and you really gain inspiration [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-395" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="Black Bicycle Cards" src="http://akaspvn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/black-300x200.jpg" alt="Black Bicycle Cards" width="353" height="235" />So I&#8217;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&#8217;ve been practising like mad to try and make them do interesting magical stuff. It sure isn&#8217;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&#8217;ve personally only been watching Bill Malone.</p>
<p>Now, my obsession with magics starts with and ends with playing cards. They&#8217;re really the only form of tricks I&#8217;d bother learning and practising. They might not be the most effective form of magic, but they&#8217;re still the most believable. Most other close up magic requires gimmicks that won&#8217;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.</p>
<p>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&#8217;m only doing it for this week.</p>
<p>I&#8217;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.</p>
<p>Enough typing for now, time to go back to practising.</p>
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