I spent months thinking misdirection meant 'look over here while I do something over there.' Then I read Darwin Ortiz and realized I had only understood half the picture.
Read MoreThe single sentence from Darwin Ortiz that changed how I think about every moment on stage -- you never push attention away from something, you only ever pull it toward something else.
Read MoreThe best misdirection does not fight the audience's attention -- it borrows the audience's attention and redirects it. The same principle that makes judo work makes magic work.
Read MoreDerren Brown articulated a principle that changed my timing forever: for every unit of concentration the spectator applies, there follows an equal unit of relaxation. The relaxation is where you work.
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