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http://www.box.net/shared/dj2lwnocgghttp://www.box.net/shared/jskj5keo80Darwin Ortiz's Strong Magic
is considered a "complusary reading" by many magicians. Those of us who has read it can testify i think. Well, it seems like he has even more to offer now. A new book by Ortiz, Designing Miracles. B)I just saw the ad-copy from TLMS. This is not a review because I haven't gotten the book...yet. Just sharing news about this new release. Looks like it's gonna be another gem. Anyone who gets it post a review?Ad-copy:Designing Miraclesby Darwin OrtizIn Designing Miracles, Darwin Ortiz continues the task he began in Strong Magic: to explore and raise the level of craft in magic. This time he presents a groundbreaking study of how laymen think and what it takes to amaze them.Darwin has earned a reputation for creating some of the strongest card effects in modern magic. In Designing Miracles, he reveals for the first time the principles and techniques that he follows in doing so. These insights will help you choose stronger effects, create stronger effects, and strengthen those effects that you've already performing.If you've ever been puzzled by an audience's reaction or lack of it, this book will dispel the mystery. It gives you a new set of tools for understanding how magic works, why it sometimes doesn't, and how to make it work better. Never again will you be at a loss as to why an effect isn't playing well. Never again will you be at a loss as to what to do about it.If your goal is to provide your audiences with an unforgettable experience of impossibility, you'll find Designing Miracles filled with insights to help you do so. It will teach you how to use the audience's own thinking patterns against them. It will show you how to turn puzzles into miracles. It will do something that few magic books can: change with way you think about magic.
Pages 200 - Hardcover
outside market price : round $80-$90 + shipping
the book is new and i readed it a few time only...
selling it at :$65
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