3 business cards
Pen
Memory
“I draw a drawing on a card, I keep it in my hands and he reveals it”
How?
This piece is one of my solutions to the “Just 2 Drawing Duplication” challenge.
Several performers don’t like to use a stack of cards for drawing duplications, or they just want to have other reliable method just using 2 cards, apparently.
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I said apparently because you are using a third card, a dummy that will allow you to do the workings.
Handle the cards freely and casually.
(Photo 1)
(Photo 1)
You can use some indirect lines to communicate that you have 2 cards:
“In here I have a pair of cards. One for you and one for me”
In the above line you can see I let them know two times that I have 2 cards but indirectly.
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Double lift with your right hand and ask the
participant to draw something while you hold the card.
After the participant finishes the drawing, ask for them to hold their right palm out. In that moment you will deposit the double on your left hand, giving the participant a dummy while you retain the
drawing in the left hand.
Now you will have two cards in your left hand. On the top you have the participant´s drawing and on the bottom your blank card.
Tell the participant to put his hand over the top his card but do not touch it. If he presses the card as a sandwich, the pressure can causes the card to turn over, and because he is holding the dummy, it isn’t a very nice thing.
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Now you need to know the drawing and you will do this in a very simple and bold way that I called the
“Prayer Peek” (for the hand position). Show the blank side of your card and say:
“I will put my hands the same as you. In that way we have something in common…”
After this you will say:
“Put your hands higher”
And in that action, you will use your thumb to lift for a moment the top card on your hand (your blank card and peek the participant´s drawing in a concealed manner.
The video will show you the peek in action:
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The angles are very good using this move. Now, you know the drawing so you can create mindreading, reveal the information in a mysterious and
entertaining way.
Use the pen to draw a duplicate of their drawing on the blank card in your hand and say:
“Ok, give me your card and let me check what you drew”
With that you communicate also that the card that the participant have in his hand IS the drawing.
Put the card on top and as an afterthought say:
“And take my card”
(Photo 2) Taking your card from bottom.
(Photo 2)
Now you have the
dummy on top, in a right hand biddle grip position
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(Photo 2)
In here you have 2 options for “cleaning” the double.
You can do it now or after you see the drawing.
I normally do it now, just directing the attention to the recapitulation of
the events and just palming the top card (the dummy).You can ditch the card on your
pocket now. (Photo 3) (Photo 3)
If you have an audience you can show the drawing and comment a few details. If you are working one on one just look it yourself and say something about the drawing.
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Now the participant will see your drawing and see the duplication of his thought.
If you didn’t ditch the card before, now is the perfect moment to just go to your pocket and leave the
dummy.
Possible Dialogue
Introduction
(Premise)
Everyone thinks of memories as images during their life.
Let me read your mind with something in a simple way.
(Conditions)
Here I have a pair of cards. One for you and one for me Please draw on this card something simple, something that comes to your mind now. While will look away.
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Excellent, now please put your right hand flat (deposit the double) and put your left hand on top of your drawing as well.
I will put my hands the same as you. In that way we have something in common .put your hands higher (do the Prayer Peek)
Middle
(At this moment I normally do some movements with my participant, just creating some apparently important ritual)
Also I jazz in here about the drawing. Remember to be interesting, entertaining and always creating mystery)
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Conclusion
You thought of the first drawing that came to mind, no one in the whole world knows this, correct? I take 2 cards from my pocket (During all this you can palm the top
dummy card and ditch it) and start the experiment, correct?
Yes
Ok, give me your card and let me check what you drew, and take my card.
But I tried to read your mind and let me see if I was in some fashion correct.
(Check the drawing, amaze yourself, and comment a few things a let the participant see your duplication) Thanks for your thoughts, you did it brilliantly
(End)
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Idea
1. You can have your stack of business cards on your right pocket, so if you are working with “Instant Reset” conditions you can see that this piece is very practical.
You just take “2 cards” (3 as you know), leave the other cards on your right pocket and go with the mechanics.
At the end you just need to ditch the dummy to your pocket and you will be completely reset for the next table/group.