The Adequate Blog

This week I’m going to do a run of what I call “Audacious Gambits” - things for magicians to try that go against common wisdom, with a little justification as to why they’re worth doing.

Today - LOSE THE BOOK

Go over to your shelf / box / massive library of magic books. Pick out one you’re really fond of, one that’s full of tricks you love but you don’t ever seem to do.

Now, give it away. Sell it, gift it, donate it to the magic club… get it out of the house.

Why?

Because first of all, if you’ve owned a book or a trick for more than a year and you haven’t done anything with it… you’re just hoarding secrets. Note: If you WANT to hoard secrets that’s ok. Kindly disregard this blog posting. On the other hand, if you haven’t done anything out of that book and you get rid of the book, the only things you’ll remember from the book are the tricks you actually liked.   So… you might just start playing around with what you remember, resulting in your creating a trick or routine that you like and that you’ll do.

It’s a gutsy thing to do - magicians are packracts.  But… you can always take the “safety” route and just donate it to your local magic club, so you can come back and visit it later. If you’re scared..

Another Audacious Gambit tomorrow!