Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute sponsored this IWCI event, and Selina at Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute found me and hired me at the insistence of one of the doctors who had seen me before, “Get Jon Finch,” said the Dr. David Lenkins to Selina. As wise as this doctor is, neither he nor I could figure how the magic was accomplished.
.” Well, he’s a doctor, what do I know? Doctor’s orders.
when someone thinks of a playing card, then the spectator spreads the deck face down and the playing card she was thinking of is now face-up staring him in the face.
For a long time, I thought nothing could top that. It’s a quick great opener, can be drawn out to be a great closer, and great for a great many other reasons.
It has many virtues–it happens in the hands of the participants and not the magician’s hands, the way I do it involves several people and gets them interacting in a playful way, the ending (in the way I do it) makes the main volunteer the hero and therefore encourages participation from the others in forthcoming effects.
this little card trick is more disconcerting than any magic they’ve seen before
Nothing magical happens with the cards. All the magic is in their minds. This really could happen–it shouldn’t happen. The magician doesn’t touch the cards, so sleight-of-hand (something I’m often accused of) is out of the question. The plot couldn’t be simpler, there’s nothing confusing or complicated about it. The people who witness it know what they experienced.