Great magic reveals the familiar in new ways. The logical yet unexpected twist of diverting to a component that begins innocently hidden in plain sight, is hugely exciting to me – it teaches us that the familiar often goes unnoticed and that therefore (as creators) we should seek to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. In each effect, the aggregate of fairness, clarity and surprise make for a beautifully crafted and heady journey.
The superabundance of impossibility coupled with the outward appearance of effortlessness, generates a potently attractive, memorable and mystifying experience.
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For me personally, these effects were instrumental in catalysing a lifetime’s devotion to magic – and subsequently a draw full of tricks I never do. So much so that if globally, you asked a societal cross-section (probably via Twitter for ease - to name a magician and/or card trick, you would no doubt be hearing one of these responses – both the trick and magician have for good reason, earned immortal royalty status in magic’s illustrious hall of fame. I’m assuming our first two A-listers (or I guess you could say B-listers, oh c’mon!) require no introduction, they are quite simply two of the most iconic effects (and magicians) of our time.
I’m joking, but in complete seriousness the amalgamation of all three would make a wicked TikTok. This is really difficult to say and I’ll never be able to fully make up my mind. Where I’m heading with this is that it’s an honour to have been invited on and entrusted to presumably add a modicum of value here – and with that in mind, fingers crossed I don’t screw it up.Īfter a semi-insecure start (stripped of cards and script I’m nothing) I’ll begin circling back to the topic in question – my three favourite card tricks.
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Over to Ollie:Īs a keen moonlighter of several blogs (supine in bed, staring dry-eyed at my phone whilst my partner cries for affection), I’ve been keenly keeping up to date with the multitude of excellent contributions to this series thus far. You may know him from Instagram, his YouTube channel or from Mealing's Membership. We asked some of the best names in magic to share with us their three favorite card tricks, this week is the turn of Ollie Mealing. By Alex Robertson - Thursday, March 11, 2021