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Echvinya 0 Posts |
Greetings,
My name is Patrick. I am 36 with a beautiful wife, 3 wonderful children and 1 more on the way, and it is my greatest desire to one day be counted among the magical novices. I have loved magic but watching and performing for as long as I can remember, but it was just a couple of years ago that I started to learn more than a simple card trick or two. Though cards are still my number one passion in magic, and I have yet to do anything with a non-standard deck. I am currently working my way down the Royal Road and taking myself to Card College. I however often find myself discouraged and set aside the cards for a period of time. So I am joining up to both be encouraged (directly and through reading what is being said to others) and encouraging. Here is hoping for a magical time. Patrick |
Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3662 Posts |
Welcome Echvinya,
When you learned your first Card Trick you became a Novice Magician. So...Goal Achieved! While focus is your friend as a newby, having a couple of different Magical projects (like ropes and cards) that involve different aspects of Magic can be helpful. You get a break from one or the other project and they also inform each other and make connections in what seem very different projects. Best of Fun Echvinya. Keep a journal or video of your progress. It can be very encouraging. -Mary Mowder |
Hunter Clayton Sonora, California 0 Posts |
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I am currently working my way down the Royal Road and taking myself to Card College. Hello, Patrick! What Mary said. And for what it's worth - although I'm quite sure you're far better with a deck than I, as I'm just coming back to it after many, many years - I certainly understand discouragement. However, I would say that in supporting a family, with a wife, '3 kids and one on the way', how you find any time to practice AT ALL is quite a magical feat all in itself! In my early days, The Royal Road and Expert Card Technique were 'it' - as good as it gets. Today, as I sit here with the 5-volume set of Card College slowly working my way through Vol. 1, I find much is new to me, and many things fairly the same. I'm even a bit astonished that some of it is coming back to me rather quickly after all these years. "Oh, I remember that!" It's just endless practice. Over, and over, and over. If you can somehow find the time to set a half-hour or hour aside, and sit down with a deck, that's the ticket! How you'd do that while raising a family, I don't know! Early on, I wouldn't even perform anything that wasn't absolutely flawless and seamless. Watching myself in the mirrors, and practice, practice, practice - UNTIL it was flawless. Otherwise, I just didn't feel right about showing anything to anyone. Best wishes with that! If it's something you really want, you'll get there! Hang tough! H. |
MudMedic New user Calgary, Alberta, Canada 41 Posts |
Welcome to the Café!
Never get too discouraged...sometimes when I get down I realize it is just because I feel I haven't mastered anything well enough to satisfy myself! That will be normal...always try to surprise yourself, and remember that Dai Vernon wasn't billed in a day! A while ago I broke my hand and fingers, and for a few years couldn't hold the deck properly. I then simply gave up. I started fiddling with the cards again this year, and have found I can do things again...so never get too discouraged. If you ever need a nudge, let me know and I will nag you. |
Boomer Special user Prosper, TX 668 Posts |
Ya know, a Magic Wife may not be such a bad idea.
Every two weeks I have to give a status report on what I've done the past two weeks, and what I'm going to be working on the next two weeks. @MudMedic, expect a PM from me in two weeks. Dave |
Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3662 Posts |
Boomer,
Your wording made it seem you were equating a Magic Wife with a nag. -Mary Mowder |
Boomer Special user Prosper, TX 668 Posts |
I was.
nag (verb): annoy with continuous urging Definitely something that I could use to get me to quit browsing these forums and pick up some cards/coins/rubber bands/safety pins. Dave |
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