From: ken.laporte@synapse.org (Ken Laporte) 
Newsgroups: alt.magic
Subject: Call for votes: To reveal
Date: 7 Nov 92 18:00:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: SYNAPSE BBS - GATINEAU, QUEBEC - 819-561-4321
Reply-To: ken.laporte@synapse.org (Ken Laporte) 

To:  HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu (Sleight of Hans)
From: ken.laporte@synapse.org (Ken Laporte)

SOH> Newsgroups: alt.magic
SOH> Subject: Call for votes: To reveal or not to reveal...
SOH> Message-ID: <92310.084630HCM100@psuvm.psu.edu>
SOH> Date: 5 Nov 92 13:46:30 GMT

SOH> If you read this group (magician or not), if you even *LURK* on this group
SOH> or if you are just passing through, PLEASE respond to this post and let
SOH> everyone here know that you exist.  I would like to determine the scope
SOH> of the readers on this group for a potential FAQ.

SOH> PART OF THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN: Ottawa, Ontario. Canada.
SOH> MAGICIAN or LAYPERSON: Semi Magician

SOH> If Magician:  TYPE OF MAGIC:   

                                  Cards, silk, illusion.

SOH>               AGE:  

                                  29

SOH>               YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:   

                                        2
SOH> If Layperson: AGE:_____________

SOH>               WHY DO YOU READ THIS GROUP: 
                                               Information source



SOH> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE ART OF MAGIC TO POST
SOH> "INSIDER" INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE METHODS USED TO ACHIEVE
SOH> A MAGICAL EFFECT: 

No


SOH> WHY/WHY NOT: 

                   Everyone except the young realise that magic is simply
                   trickery.   To present something magical to a young 
                   person is to create a fantasy for them to enjoy.  
 
                   An adult, through common sense realises that a coin
                   cannot be pulled from a persons ear without the 
                   coin being palmed.   They know it's being palmed.
                   As a result, the art is to present the illusion
                   in such away, that they don't see the palming. 
           
                   A child gasps in awe, due to the excitment of
                   seeing something that appears magical.  An adult,
                   gasps in awe, for not being able to detect the
                   action to cause the magic.

                   Providing information through the BBS/Internet 
                   community is limited, to those with a computer,
                   Access to this conference, an interest to monitor
                   the conference.   To put it simply, only those
                   interested and willing to practice an idea will
                   really learn the secret of magic.                
          
                   Apart from this conference, libraries, dealers.
                   you can easily learn to perform an illusion
                   through watching a magic show on television and
                   using a vcr to tape, and then slow down the 
                   video frames.  

                   An example would be Copperfields floating rose.             
                   My interest in magic was spawned through watching
                   Copperfield.   Although, I can purchase the floating
                   rose video, I learned the illusion through simply
                   watching the illusion being preformed.          

                   Sometimes seeing the illusion performed is sometimes
                   a better teacher than any printed words.   Reading
                   how a trick is performed doesn't necessarily teach
                   how to perform the magic.   

                   In closing, trickery is a combonation of mathematics,
                   physics, and ability.   Magic is an art.   You can't
                   learn the art of magic by simply reading a few words.

                   I once thought I could.  



                        
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