--- In [email protected], "lurkernomore20002000" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > snip > > > My roommate during my last year with the TM organization > > was an airbrush artist who did costumes for Doug Henning. > > So Doug would come over to the house a lot and would > > show us some close-up magic. I know he was most famous > > for his big stage effects, but the man's real genius was with > > his close-up magic. I was two feet in front of him, able to > > move around and look at his hands from any angle I chose, > > and I still couldn't figure out how he did it. > > In Colo. I used to watch "Doc" do his bar majic in Snowmass. After a > while I would just look at his "other" hand. That's where the trick > was. It was right in front of you. Simple misdirection. This is a > lesson I have enjoyedly applied to life. Look for the background or > the less obvious. That's were the action is taking place.
That's actually why Doug was so good at close-up magic. There was no "other hand." In the trick I'm thinking about, he was sitting cross-legged with both bare arms stretching out in front of him, palms down, hands closed. Then he'd turn both hands over, slowly. In one hand would be a gold coin, in the other, none. Then he'd just turn his hands over, the coins would switch places, And various permutations on this. It was cool *because* there was no distraction. He was so good at this stuff he didn't *need* distractions. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
