Chapter 3 Intention Of Reality |
Before getting into the physical mechanics of the routine, I would like to share with |
you some philosophical information about performing magic. I am inserting this |
information in each book I produce. Intention is the bedrock of action. Intention |
precedes all. In producing this book I intend to enhance your ability to do magic. |
Thus, sharing a bit about intention to do magic is appropriate. Deception requires that |
we create some kind of reality for our audiences. We create that reality then |
manipulate it to cause magic to occur. Thus, we must be aware that our goal is to |
create reality. That is the action. What follows is about the thought that causes it to |
come about. That is, this is about the Intention of Reality. |
During this discussion we will use a coin vanish as an example. |
When I vanish a coin other magicians often ask me how I make a coin look like it really |
moves from one hand to another when there is in fact no coin. I tell them that I paint a |
picture of the coin moving. The picture contains every part of the action. This |
includes the speed of my hands, the stress in my shoulder, the sound of my voice, what |
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