--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > > 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. > > Misdirection is how close-up magic is done. (Unless, > of course, one is doing *real* magic.) People who are > really good at it are really good at it because they're > really good at the misdirection--so good you can't pick > it out even when you're looking for it.
It's how any form of stage magic works, really. The best tricks make you think that the "trick" is in one place, while its really in another. 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/
