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THAT time-worn fallacy,
"the quickness of the hand deceives the eye," might well form the
text for the present chapter. As an example of how not to do it, the
catch-phrase in question cannot easily be surpassed. Its falsity is so
glaring, the principle it embodies is so impossible-and for obvious
reasons-that one can only marvel at the audacity which first offered such a
flagrant howler for public acceptance. Yet in spite of its palpable
absurdity, that ancient legend has not only been accepted as gospel by the
public, but has also received professional endorsement, times out of number.
This is misdirection, with a vengeance; but it is not the kind of
misdirection which, as we have said, constitutes the fundamental basis of
magic. No! The form of
misdirection represented by the phrase we have quoted can only be described
as lying, pure and simple. The quickness of even a highly skilled hand cannot
deceive an attentive eye, however untrained the latter may be. In fact, of
all possible movements, one that is rapid is most likely to attract
attention. Still, the world undoubtedly believes that a magician's success
largely depends upon the quickness of his movement. And it may be whispered,
one occasionally meets with professional magicians who entertain much the
same belief. This fact is typical of the confusion associated with matters
magical, in every department. -- Nevil Maskelyne, Our Magic Ook het brein van de performer kan zich maar op
één ding tegelijk richten. Dit merk je wanneer je een techniek nog niet
letterlijk blindelings beheerst en je nog gedachtecapaciteit nodig hebt voor
de techniek. Op het exacte moment dat je dan een move uitvoert merk je dan
waarschijnlijk dat je ernaar neigt om te praten en te kijken naar datgene
waarmee je de techniek doet (in een sponsballen routine: “ik één bal en jij
één bal”). Bij andere goochelaars is deze neiging soms nog
makkelijker te herkennen. -- AvV So even though the
spectator may know the secrets of psychological deception –all of them- he
cannot possibly know when they are being employed by the magician. If the
magician is skilful, there is no external distinction between deception and
truth. -- Dariel
Fitzkee Magic consists in
creating, by misdirection of the senses, the mental impression of
supernatural agency at work -- Nevil
Maskelyne The study of magic is a
study of the assumptions that people make. While learning how to falsely roll
the ball under the cup one must study what the audience will assume while
that is going on. -- Al Schneider Theory of
Magic A number of people in the
history of civilisation have made (….) the point that there is an irreducible
difference between the world and our experience of it. We as human beings do
not operate directly on the world. Each of us creates a map or model which we
use to generate our behaviour. Our representation of the world determines to
a large degree what our experience of the world will be, how we will perceive
the world, what choices we will see available to us as we live in the world. -- Richard Bandler in The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language
and Therapy Perception of truth
depends upon the penetration – or the overcoming – of illusion. So the
science of illusion should be a fundamental study of those in search of
truth. -- SH Sharpe Eerste wet van waarneming: Focus creëert je realiteit. -- George Parker Ik denk dat het bijna onmogelijk is om het
publiek ervan te overtuigen dat jij niet meer weet waar een gekozen kaart
zich in het kaartspel bevindt als jij zelf de kaarten schud. Ik denk dat ze
dan hooguit geloven dat jij niet
meer weet waar de kaart is. -- AvV |