Daniel Kühne
True mastery in card magic is not about performing simple tricks or illusions; it’s about dedicating years to honing your skills, studying the craft in depth, and committing yourself to continuous learning and improvement, until the cards become an extension of your own skill and intuition.
I don’t know how many magicians or self-styled magicians there are in the world, but it must be millions. I recently talked to a good, old friend of mine who studied guitar at a conservatory in Hamburg. He told me that he practiced at least four hours a day for ten years, but probably considerably more. I can honestly say that I studied, read, and practiced with cards for more than four hours a day between 1990 and 1999. After that, I dealt until 2006 in Vegas, shuffling and dealing professionally every day, plus practicing with cards on top of that. Unless you have a similar background, you’re not a card man. You may do card tricks or even magic with cards, but you’re not a serious card man. You must have serious apprenticeship for around a decade, and yes, your masters can speak to you from the pages of books. They speak only if enticed through serious study.
Darwin Ortiz once said roughly that most card magic is designed to make people of average skill appear to have great skill, but what about those of us who actually possess great skill? Skill obligates you to kill. If you doubt me, watch as many Slydini clips as possible and pay attention only to the spectator reactions. I rest my case.
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