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- From: sasaki@netop3.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki)
- Subject: Practice...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.164212.25389@das.harvard.edu>
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- Sender: usenet@das.harvard.edu (Network News)
- Reply-To: sasaki@netop3.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki)
- Organization: Harvard University
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:42:12 GMT
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- My note about performing in front of people was not meant to say that
- practicing in front of a mirror is not worth it. I guess what I meant
- to say (after reading my post, I didn't say this) is that after a
- point, practicing in front of a mirror won't make you a better
- magician, you need to practice performing.
-
- I also wanted to say (and didn't say in my post) that one shouldn't
- sweat over mirror practice. Practice until you are comfortable with an
- effect and then go out and perform. If you waited until you could do
- something perfectly, then you would never perform, you would spend all
- of your time practicing. How much practice is enough? It depends on
- the effect and your own ability.
-
- And yes, Harry Levine is one of the best closeup magicians I have ever
- seen. And yes, it takes a lot of practice. As an example, Harry does
- the Derek Dingle riffle pass. He does it so well that you can be
- looking at his hands after he tells you he is going to do the pass and
- you can't see it. So I asked him, what did it take to be able to do
- the pass that well? Harry told me that he took the bus to school and
- every day for a year he practiced the pass to and from school.
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- Marty Sasaki Harvard University Sasaki Kite Fabrications
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