So tonight I performed close-up magic for the first time in a long time. My opening gambit was three tricks with a beer bottle (it's Vegas, what you gonna do?): A production, the bottle cap penetrated into the
neck of the bottle and then the cap vanished in a
puff of smoke and re-appeared on top of the bottle.
Why do I tell you all of this?
Because fuck you that's why It's because I want you to think about how you can take some one trick effects and turn them into something that is a piece in a bigger puzzle.
It's not hard to take those things you have and find a common thread to make them all play nice together. Not only does it help flesh out a full presentation piece but also makes you look like a better performer because it seems like you thought all of this out... even if you haven't.
So my challenge to you is to sort thru all of that one trick pony BS you have that you don't use and see what you can build with it.
Think of it as magic Legos.
