Lack of inspiration

I'm really wondering how http://pasteboardpimps.tumblr.com/ for instance is keeping such a high activity of his blog.

I was quite active in April but here in May I didn't have any inspiration.

I've seen few videos as the Paul LePaul by Paul Wilson... what a dumb trick. Sorry it's not because we have the same name you can/dare release such poor material.

Same critic goes to Jay Sankey's Bending the real. This is bad bad... It looks like a magic dvd but it's not.

So Sato

Today I want to talk about a Japanese magician. I have his book and his booklet, both are actually great. His name is So Sato and he's an amateur magician.

He has came up with a good triumph's version.

This is the one selection's version, the original version contains two.

I love the handling, we can notice a bit of Lennart Green influence with the mixed up display and honestly I've killed lot of guys with this one.

His materials are available for a long time but sadly for you only in Japanese and I think it's still impossible to get it from the rest of the world because Japanese retailers used to ship their products only in Japan.

But I have lot of expectancy from you and I think you may find the solution just by watching this video or the original one.

I'm quite generous today and in order to excuse my last absence I'm going to give you a clue.

The key point here is not to focus on technique that by the way he executes very smoothly but on the choreography because it's what makes this trick so deceiving.

close up mood

These last days I have been quite in a magic mood and have watched and read bunch of stuff.

First I've kept playing on the lazy rise/falling elevator duet in order to a decent result. In fact I'm not able to perform both but working on it. Wait for me I'm quite enjoying giving hard time to my small hands. I have now in mind a good effect I need to find a good flow and justified sequences but the effect could be cool.

-Two cards are chosen, one is the elevator card which we reveal and the 2nd one which is put back in the middle.

-Elevator card starts to climb to the top but pass through the selection so the performer make the card falling a bit.

-He spreads the deck but both above and below elevator card's cards are not the selection. (elevator card is still the genuine one)

-Performer retrieve these cards and the elevator card has changed in the selection.

I hope you'll enjoy it. Not very powerful but quite cute I'll say.

Today I was reading Jon Allen's book, Experience and stopped on the oralgami. What a nice trick. 'So' what I like : clever, mindblowing, easy to do, what else. Which brings me because of the techniques involved in the trick to Joshua Jay's cornered, a few years old material. It's a video produced by penguin magic before Joshua Jay has started vanishinginc with Andi Gladwin. This one too, so sweet, yummy. One of the most practical bill travel I've ever seen. Well I admit not being a close up expert but it's very deceiving. If you want you can appreciate my point of view as a layman. Isn't it even better?!