FrancisJMenotti

Oh, ok... I had this idea years ago as a spinoff to my aforementioned Shuffled Words trick. One day, I sat down with my dear friend and Neighbor, Mat (who happens to be a Latin Teacher). Over breakfast, I discussed the wording that I wanted to use and enlisted his help in making it cohesive and linguistically correct such that the audience could follow it despite its rapid-fire barrage of absurdly complex language. Once we wrote it out together, I spent a few weeks (months?) memorizing and rehearsing it. The result? Well, you've seen it.

Oh... did you mean how'd I do the trick?

Steven! Thanks for showing up here. Obviously loved your piece on PTFU, too. (And it was nice to meet you in Vegas.)

-Proudest moment: I'm not much one for "pride," but the most touching was this. I was working the Salute to Heroes Ball for President Obama's first inauguration. During it, I had a wonderful interaction performing for a completely blind veteran (don't recall which branch) and recipient of the Medal of Honor. I wrote a little narrative of it here and will repost it to my blog on my website soon.

-Best advice: don't listen to naysayers; do follow your passion. (And, a piece of advice Teller once gave me: Take every gig when you're first starting out!)

A piece I wrote back in college involves me shuffling a deck of cards and my words getting mixed up at the same time. It's fun and more importantly is my way of saying "what you're about to see is different than what you're expecting." If you're interested, here's a clip of it from a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17-CMywQvvI

The five of spades. (At least... now you are.)

By and large, the magic community is small. Most of us are friends with one another drawn together by our passion for the art of theatrical deception. We do share secrets, when appropriate. But the secret is only one (though important) element of the larger equation that makes up a good piece of magic.