What da reason for this?

Albert · 04-23-2011, 04:26 AM

I don't know if I can say I'm a natural, but I do believe I am a fast learner. I think playing the piano in the past really helped me with dexterity, since I've been playing it since I was around 7 to 16 or 17 (forgot when my piano tutor quit being a private tutor

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There are obviously moves I just cannot learn fast enough. A lot of the times, I practice a move and it seems workable and so I practice it. But then, it just doesn't improve no matter how much I practice fast enough, so I create a new method of achieving the same effect, maybe changing up the finger positioning as an example. In other words, I like shortcuts, but as long as those shortcuts are just as good or better than the original.

I do also think very seriously on how people "would" view what I do and try to put myself in the spectator' shoes'. That's why practice is so essential, in which it seems like Kieran's friend is missing tremendously.

Whenever someone asks me to teach me a trick, I usually say no. If they pester me about it enough, I'll ask why. Most of the time, they say something like "so I can show it to my friends" or "so I can get (or impress) girls" or whatnot; just all for the wrong reasons to be a good magician in my opinion. Those reasons are valid, just not very good reasons, good enough to take you further.

So point is that practice is important, thinking about your spectator's views are important, and possibly even your motive behind magic. If your motive is weak, so will your foundation and your desire to actually spend countless hours to improve yourself.

la0o9 · 04-23-2011, 05:00 AM

I, like Albert, can't say that i'm a natural, i'm not THAT egotistic, but i can call myself a quick learner( actually, now that i think about it, that's about all i can call myself), i can do moves that people tend to take a long time to master on my 2nd or 3rd try at it( yes, i'm talking about when i practice the moves, the 2nd or 3rd try usually looks like the genuine one).

To me, practice is nothing more than time-killers, when i'm bored to the end of the Earth and need something to do, i'll take out a deck and perform various effects that i want to master to myself on a table top( serious hate close up mats, don't really do close up, i only do walk-around) or on the floor. I do know practice is important, but unless the techniques i want to learn is a knack( like most flourishes are), i don't master it completely

04-23-2011, 04:26 AM	#1
Albert DarkSleightZ Artist Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 671 Donor Score: 110	I don't know if I can say I'm a natural, but I do believe I am a fast learner. I think playing the piano in the past really helped me with dexterity, since I've been playing it since I was around 7 to 16 or 17 (forgot when my piano tutor quit being a private tutor ). There are obviously moves I just cannot learn fast enough. A lot of the times, I practice a move and it seems workable and so I practice it. But then, it just doesn't improve no matter how much I practice fast enough, so I create a new method of achieving the same effect, maybe changing up the finger positioning as an example. In other words, I like shortcuts, but as long as those shortcuts are just as good or better than the original. I do also think very seriously on how people "would" view what I do and try to put myself in the spectator' shoes'. That's why practice is so essential, in which it seems like Kieran's friend is missing tremendously. Whenever someone asks me to teach me a trick, I usually say no. If they pester me about it enough, I'll ask why. Most of the time, they say something like "so I can show it to my friends" or "so I can get (or impress) girls" or whatnot; just all for the wrong reasons to be a good magician in my opinion. Those reasons are valid, just not very good reasons, good enough to take you further. So point is that practice is important, thinking about your spectator's views are important, and possibly even your motive behind magic. If your motive is weak, so will your foundation and your desire to actually spend countless hours to improve yourself. __________________ "Bluffing is an important act to all strategies." - Lelouch Lamperouge

04-23-2011, 05:00 AM	#2
la0o9 Move monkey atm Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Not where you'd want to go :P Posts: 747	I, like Albert, can't say that i'm a natural, i'm not THAT egotistic, but i can call myself a quick learner( actually, now that i think about it, that's about all i can call myself), i can do moves that people tend to take a long time to master on my 2nd or 3rd try at it( yes, i'm talking about when i practice the moves, the 2nd or 3rd try usually looks like the genuine one). To me, practice is nothing more than time-killers, when i'm bored to the end of the Earth and need something to do, i'll take out a deck and perform various effects that i want to master to myself on a table top( serious hate close up mats, don't really do close up, i only do walk-around) or on the floor. I do know practice is important, but unless the techniques i want to learn is a knack( like most flourishes are), i don't master it completely __________________ "Doubt isn't the same as saying people are bad, it simply means you actually care, 100% trust is nothing more than ignorance"~ Akiyama Shinichi- Liar Game "It's not the destination but the road to it that is worth the trip" "Be careful what you wish for... it might just come true"~ old saying "It's a small world, but only relatively" "Reality is not the world, it is the way humankind depicts the world, thus when you alter a person's way of seeing the world, you alter reality itself"