Kennedy - Thoughts So Far 2

Thoughts Sa Far

Memorv

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Lane. mv motivation and ethos

A most vivid'memory of magic in school was the Pen through Anything, I borrowed a teacher's note, he only had a twenty sa I was shaking all over. I went on to say ''Now I only just leamt this the other day" and pushed the pen through the note. The expression on the teacher's face was priceless. His eyes were like tennis balls and his mouth looked like something Sylvester the Jester would do. Of course I proceeded to restore the note and all was weil. However, this taught me a valuable lesson tor my magic. The fact was I had only bought Pen Thru Anything two days before and was genuinely unsure how weil I would do it, being young I would think twenty minutes reading the instructions was enough rehearsal for a lifetime's achievement awardf However the tact that I had mentioned this in performance made the whole thing more shocking when it alf went apparently wrong. This just proves the point that if you invest some truth and personality into what you are doirig then it willplay 100% better. However I can not stress the importance of thorough practica before you take any piece of magic out and perform it in front of an audience. When performing or creating an effect I think of a motivation tor everything f am doing, why am I asking them to choose a card? Why think ot someone I don't know? If you know the answer to all of these questions you can excuse yourself to your audience, or at least be humbie. Another performance I will never forget as long as I live was at a magic convention. I was performing Luke Jermay's pulse stopping routine. The effect worked perfectly and I was greeted with a round of applause from a crowd standing behind me. Then I was face to face with Luke, who proceeded to shake my hand and congratulate me on my good performance of his creation. As if that wasn't enough, standing right behind him was Banachek, who said "You'/l remember this moment for the rest of your life" as I stood there in Kennedy

Thoughts So Far

Dek. After all, I had never met anyone who was anyone at all :fore then.

Vonnorf\l

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Thoughts So Far

Subliminal Summer .>:,>