by Jon Racherbaumer | Jun 9, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME CIRCLE Almost forty years ago I wrote a short piece on a shop-worn term magicians regularly use: effect. This was a word that crept into our informal lexicon, supposedly because it’s preferable to “experiment” or “trick.” The old-fashioned...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Apr 27, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
OF DIVERSE PETIE JUGGLING KNACKS: Mulling Over Moves “Push on—keep moving.” -Thomas Morton What is a move’s role in the performance of magic? Shouldn’t “moves” be defined in ways more meaningful than previously defined? What would David Devant have thought...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Feb 23, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
PERSONS, PLOTTING AND A WISHFUL WELL Plot – A sequence of events in a play, novel, movie, or similar work. Magicians palaver a lot about plots and plotting. Then they usually ask questions regarding “presentational plots” and the effects/affects these plots are...
by Jon Racherbaumer | Jan 30, 2015 | Articles, Curious and New, Flibberty Gibberty., Magic News, Research
Conjuring Arts is very proud to have Jon Racherbaumer writing an exclusive periodical for us. FLIBBERTY-GIBBERTY will appear from time to time and at Jon’s whim. F IS FOR “FAKE” AND “FUTILE” Magicians are in a unique position to be cavalier about fakers and...