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Magic By Misdirection 2

[Enrico Varella is the founder and editor of The Quantum Ring, the official newsletter of IBM 115, Singapore since 1995. He has been published in The Linking Ring, and The Encyclopaedia of Card Forces (by Lewis Jones). He has received credit for his creation, the Tiepit (a jacket-less topit) in Bob Fitch's The Topit Workshop 3-DVD set (Kohler Magic). He is currently completing his omnibus of his Tiepit principles and application.]

In my last essay, which was more a summary of Bob Chua's Close-Up lecture on Misdirection Principles and Applications (3 February 2007), I briefly mentioned some specific principles of misdirection. I also introduced the concept of a 'System of Integrated Deception'.
 Integrated Deception, my own jargon for the 'Misdirection Package' (coined by close-up magician, David Williamson), is a holistic combination of method, influence and applied psychology. Tommy Wonder wrote in his Book of Wonder (Hermetic Press) that 'we cannot perform magic unless we understand human psychology'. Human communication, and thus psychology, combine verbal and non-verbal language.

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Home arrow Photos arrow With the Happy Angels @ AWWA

Aloy did a little voluntary walk around magic with Happy Angels at AWWA.It was a fun filled evening and everyone involved had lotsa fun.Max, who is a Happy Angels volunteer, was the photographer of the evening and he took some AMAZING photos which I thought I should share.All photos in this event are taken by Max. You can contact him at http://maxcollection.multiply.com 
 

I think quite a few of the residents were convinced i am a qigong expert

Oh! It's qigong!
I thought this is a really nice photo :)

Put your card in my hands
Interestingly, the residents really like card tricks.

Wanna see a card trick?
When the residents started gathering, I improvised a short parlour act.

Where's the show?
I improvised a parlor effect when the crowd grew

Pick a card auntie
I could barely communicate with some of the residents because I don't speak their dialect. But with some simple translation, they managed to enjoy themselves too

We got cards

Remember this card
Residents participating in a card effect

iCan Shuffle
I had to rely on a lot of ad hoc translation that evening.

Can someone translate?
Dug out my old "spoon trick"

See? I'm not touching the spoon
I was a little out of practise for this routine actually. But managed to do it alright.

It's bending

Spoon inspection
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