May 15 2009
Audacious Gambits - Go Big
Close-up magic is the biggest selling type of magic today. Books, tricks, videos - almost 80% of them concentrate on close-up magic.
Let me tell you something: I don’t like close-up magic.
I’ll give y’all a sec to let that sink in.
Magic is a visual art. Close-up magic is about little pictures. And far too many people try to do close-up magic in a situation where big pictures are needed.
(Close-up magic also consists, frequently, of the same six tricks redone over and over and put into ziplock bags but that’s another rant.)
My thoughts - pick up one, just one, trick you can do for a big group. There’s plenty of them out there (in books no less!) which you can do with everyday stuff and with very little prep.
And start looking for the Big Picture.
