About a couple of our clients
Hello friends,
I am writing today about two of our clients in the hopes that they will read this.
Michael and Christopher are two friends that are hooked on magic. I can see the passion for the hobby in their eyes and in their enthusiasm.
I find it very frustrating that I am unable to share my wisdom & enthusiasm for the craft in the ways that I would like to. In the ways that I am able to with some of our other clients. You see, both Michael & Christopher are deaf.
They come in a couple of times a week and all I can do is smile and wave to them. Sure we write notes to communicate but these are short notes and not real conversations. Both of them can read lips a bit. So they sort of know what I am saying at least some of the time. But I know nothing about signing and do wish I could understand them when they are in.
Because of their disability, I am restricted in what I can show them because I can't direct them to do some of the things needed for certain effects. So I resort mostly to visual magic.
These two guys have a very keen eye, and they catch everything. Even if it is not actually something they can see, even with a camera. They know what is going on. I see them pointing and laughing and they make very special sounds when they are excited. And they mime me when I am done, pointing, recreating the real methods as to what I have done. Fooling them is very, very hard to do.
I wrote them a little note yesterday on how perceptive they are. They really do catch just about everything. Because they are deaf, their eyes work at least twice as hard as ours do maybe even more. Their observational skills are astonishing to me. They agreed with me, "Yes we see everything."
Yesterday I was performing Problema. The same way I always do and have done for many years. When done, I ditched the gimmick. No one could see me do this, yet they knew exactly what happened. I think if I did not ditch the gimmick, but rather leave it in the lid, it may have fooled them. Dumping the dice from the box (the big action) and ditching the gimmick from the lid (little action) was of no consequence. They saw both no hiding it. If I changed my timing or the handling especially for them, maybe it would have worked.
I'd be willing to bet the farm that if they played poker, they can pick off tells from players without starteling accuracy in an instant.
So anyway, I just wanted to say special hello to Michael & Christopher on this blog and say thank you to both of you for putting up with my lousy hand writing.
And I have to think about somehow to fool you badly. I am getting tiered of you guys catching me all of the time.
Thanks for reading!
Take care.
Pete
I am writing today about two of our clients in the hopes that they will read this.
Michael and Christopher are two friends that are hooked on magic. I can see the passion for the hobby in their eyes and in their enthusiasm.
I find it very frustrating that I am unable to share my wisdom & enthusiasm for the craft in the ways that I would like to. In the ways that I am able to with some of our other clients. You see, both Michael & Christopher are deaf.
They come in a couple of times a week and all I can do is smile and wave to them. Sure we write notes to communicate but these are short notes and not real conversations. Both of them can read lips a bit. So they sort of know what I am saying at least some of the time. But I know nothing about signing and do wish I could understand them when they are in.
Because of their disability, I am restricted in what I can show them because I can't direct them to do some of the things needed for certain effects. So I resort mostly to visual magic.
These two guys have a very keen eye, and they catch everything. Even if it is not actually something they can see, even with a camera. They know what is going on. I see them pointing and laughing and they make very special sounds when they are excited. And they mime me when I am done, pointing, recreating the real methods as to what I have done. Fooling them is very, very hard to do.
I wrote them a little note yesterday on how perceptive they are. They really do catch just about everything. Because they are deaf, their eyes work at least twice as hard as ours do maybe even more. Their observational skills are astonishing to me. They agreed with me, "Yes we see everything."
Yesterday I was performing Problema. The same way I always do and have done for many years. When done, I ditched the gimmick. No one could see me do this, yet they knew exactly what happened. I think if I did not ditch the gimmick, but rather leave it in the lid, it may have fooled them. Dumping the dice from the box (the big action) and ditching the gimmick from the lid (little action) was of no consequence. They saw both no hiding it. If I changed my timing or the handling especially for them, maybe it would have worked.
I'd be willing to bet the farm that if they played poker, they can pick off tells from players without starteling accuracy in an instant.
So anyway, I just wanted to say special hello to Michael & Christopher on this blog and say thank you to both of you for putting up with my lousy hand writing.
And I have to think about somehow to fool you badly. I am getting tiered of you guys catching me all of the time.
Thanks for reading!
Take care.
Pete
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