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JTW Special user Florida 670 Posts 
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Sometimes I think Mickey has a copy of a Richard Bach book the rest of us aren't privy to...
"Perspective- use it or lose it...you're forgeting that what is going on around you is not reality. Think about that." -Richard Bach 'Illusions' |
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Fingers Inner circle Pennsylvania, USA 1330 Posts
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I think the key is the "reflection" itself. Can you manipulate the reflection of the coin, without the coin.....?
Where I go, so do my coins.....
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aqmagish20 Regular user 146 Posts
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Very interesting. What I think I just read is Mickey's secret to his retention. The mirror is a metaphor for his hand(s). What is it exactly that a person sees compared to what you think, or want them to see? And of course, for most of us, what you think they see is very different than what they truely see. Mickey, am I walking down the right path? If not, at least it has me thinking.
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Lawrens Godon Inner circle France 1108 Posts
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...What if considering the coin as being a true reflection, not really a coin ?
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WiffleDust92 New user Mpls, Minnesota 15 Posts
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They were right. Magic is just done with a bunch of smoke or mirrors.
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DonEngland 1947 - 2015 Champaign, IL 258 Posts
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There is an old Twilight Zone episode on this exact subject.
I am sure it was the exact effect done with camera effects about a door to another demension that was slowly closing. I remember that it was scary, not as scary as this post, but close. |
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-=Ralph=- Regular user New York 111 Posts
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On 2006-10-06 19:13, DonEngland wrote: Is that the one were the little girl fell out of bed and rolled into another dimension? 
And yes... I agree.... This post is scary. |
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MICKEY SILVER Elite user Boston, Ma. 442 Posts
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Very interesting statement aqmagish20 !
Yes! you are walking down the right path very slowly , neveraless your walking !.... I was very surprised to have seen you post that!!!! You must have a very creative mind aqmagish20 and an extremely keen insight about what I wrote.... Thank You for being honest. "Inspiring the mind with coin magic" MICKEY SILVER |
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Mediocre the Great Inner circle Rich Hurley 1062 Posts
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All I know is I'm doomed to 7 years bad luck thanks to Mickey's post!
Mediocrity is greatly under rated!
-------------------------------------------- Rich Hurley aka Mediocre The Great! www.RichHurleyMagic.com |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts
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With two perfect mirrors facing each other, and a coin in between, if you removed the coin faster than light, would the two continue to reflect each others reflections of the coin?
BTW It wasn't The Twilight Zone. It was I Love Lucy, with guest star Harpo Marx.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27300 Posts
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Funny how the further out there you go, the less answers you find.
If you go out far enough do you find only questions?
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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rawdawg Special user Southern California 686 Posts
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"Truth is elusive, and questions are more useful than answers."
Traitor by Matthew Stover
One time, when I was young, I botched a sleight so bad, Vernon, Marlo & Miller rolled over in their graves. But I didn't see Elmsley, probably because he was behind the others.
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Spydur Special user PDX, now San Diego...back to PDX 966 Posts
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"Funny how the further out there you go, the less answers you find. "
Hmm "out there" If you were to look at it you are not really going "out there" you are headed on an inward path. A path that will take you into the very depths of yourself. As you do this you realize that many of the questions that you ask are in fact trivial and do not pertain to much more than the EGO. So as you are travelling along on your journey you realize that questions are of less and less importance. Especially since the answers are already known to the one asking the questions. It is just a matter of stopping long enough to hear what the answer is. C |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts
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Septic tanks are deeper than water fountains.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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cjl467 New user Los Angeles 71 Posts
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Here's what I speculate:
We practice in front of mirrors all the time. But we never really think twice about it. We actually perform for spectators. Spectators are not mirrors. So what makes the difference? The very thing that makes magic possible: your audience isn't just a bunch of eyes, they're a bunch of minds that can be easily tricked. Quote:
On 2006-10-05 11:14, MICKEY SILVER wrote: Based on this quote, I think Mickey is talking about presentation. You don't need to have a coin in your hand in order for the "mirror" to actually perceive that you do. So the trick is presenting the "nothing" in your hand so that it "keeps the reflected coin in the mirror without the real coin outside the mirror". He's saying to look at it from the perspective of the spectator. All you have to do is make them believe that there's a coin in your hand. He's probably talking about a basic retention vanish, but I'm not sure yet. |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts
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Oh. That I can see. A basic truth, as found in the quotes of fortune cookies and Chauncy Gardener.
Just kidding with the last line. Your interpretation is a worthwhile gaol.
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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Spydur Special user PDX, now San Diego...back to PDX 966 Posts
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"He's saying to look at it..." "He's probably talking about..."
The truth is that YOU are perceiving what it is that Mickey has already said. He already put it into HIS words. Now people are taking what he said and running it through their filters (what the words HE used mean to THEM) It is useless to try and make-up what Mickey (is trying to say) because he said what he said. There is no trying. The trying comes from you. You are trying to make sense of what Mickey said. Keep having fun with this. |
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cjl467 New user Los Angeles 71 Posts
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On 2006-10-07 18:40, Spydur wrote: What Mickey said has no intrinsic value without interpretation (you seem to be claiming that it does). It requires "trying" and "filtering" or whatever you like to call it, in order to understand it. Anyways, who cares if I'm saying what it meant to me? This is a discussion board. Until you can think of a legitimate argument for the purpose of his post, just saying that it's "useless" to discuss it is even more useless. |
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Cpontz Special user Daupin PA 553 Posts
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This has been an interesting post. Mickey appears to be trying to stimulate our imagination. Maybe he already have perfected a method. I know that the discussion has gotten me thinking about how the audience perceives what they see (the other side of the mirror maybe?). Anyway, until there is more of an explaination, at least it has us thinking outside the box.
Thanks Mickey Craig |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts
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In the above I meant "a worthwhile goal" not "gaol".
What do you want in a site? "Honesty, integrity and decency." -Mike Doogan
"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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