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TOTAL CONTROL MATT MELLO

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Effect: The performer is able to put ANY thought into a person’s mind.

Introduction: Everyone has heard the cliché phrase, ‘the possibilities are endless’. With Total Control, it’s absolutely true. You can guess or predict thought of drawings, words, numbers, shapes, and even actions; literally anything. I think most mentalists expected that for something to look so akin to real telepathy, it would have to be difficult and complex to achieve; yet this may be the easiest, most straightforward approach to the plot of direct mind reading. For those who use a nail writer regularly, should you ever lose it, you could use Total Control and no one would notice anything different; except that you could show the reveal before they ever say a word out loud. When you read on, you’ll see that this isn’t some crazy new technique, but just a well constructed routine. It has so few parts, yet they fit together perfectly to create something very close to a miracle. Before reading further, I would love for you to try and work it out, just for a bit of mental exercise. At no point is any thought written down or spoken out loud by the participant. The effect at its bare bones is that a spectator visualizes any thought on a single index card, and then you draw it. No extra index cards are used and no switches are involved. All that’s needed is an ungimmicked pen or marker and a blank index card.

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