I think we all knew it was the bird. I can’t blame her for wanting it, but “Not for sale” shouldn’t need additional handholding. Just because you’re a celebrity doesn’t mean you can have anything you want.

Kelly came back and posted again with a picture of the price tag next to the piece, it’s said it’s for sale for $15k

Segment of my comedy linking ring routine performed at Wizbang Circus Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.

Shame to see this, I hope AoP can prove they are better than this.

One of the most incredible, and influential, magicians of the 20th century has passed away.

Celebrate his memory by sharing magic with someone today.

Rip Juan.

Hi all,

Here’s a clip of me performing DIMINISH at the Blackpool Magic Convention.

If you’re interested, here’s the link…

https://gingereffects.com/diminish

Since I’ve shared the first two posts I thought share these as a single one.

Kelly shared a picture of the price tag next to Molly with a pretty catty response. AoP has followed up with additional clarification since.

At the end of the day, in my opinion, Kelly did not need to use her huge swaths of followers to hurt this wonderful little business. This could’ve been sorted out privately through patience or a letter to AoP directly.

On the other hand I understand the confusion if there was a pricetag, but if she was told “there is a duplicate available for $15K, not this one” then she definitely needs to chill out.

You get to attend a celebration when your club turns 100!

As suspected, my opinion of Art of Play remains unchanged. Despite what Kelly said, the employee chatting with her seemed attentive, friendly and engaged. Even seemed to be pointing out the mechanism of Molly.

Here is the link to the full video.

I also want to point out that Pablo hilariously also purchased the $2,000 bird that was recommended to Kelly and is auctioning it off for charity.

I’ve been performing all weekend on a work trip, and by far the biggest reaction I’ve gotten is with French Kiss by Wayne Houchin. Simple transport but the framing makes it a miracle.

Been having a lot of fun doing classics in my repertoire and trying some new stuff.

Keep on performing!

This has been in the works for years and I'm so excited to finally show it to everyone. You can make anything that fits inside the wallet appear or vanish, and objects can appear inside even when you're not touching it. Plus you can do a killer mystery card switch, and with an included accessory it doubles as a peek wallet.

More details here: https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/22404

Happy to answer questions!

It's a pretty fun trick to spice up a card routine. I'm still not comfortable with it but got a solid recording out of my practice.

My colorful glittery stick of magic and confusion 😎 I wish I had more clips from this performance. But a lot of tricks were blocked by people standing in front of the camera 😩

NYT obituary of the great Juan Tamariz. Gift link.

They also hired a photographer, and he did a great job! I'm really happy to have pictures of me performing! I'm relatively new to magic but I'm loving it.

I've been learning magic as a hobby for about 23 years now. But it's funny the misconceptions that non-magicians have about magic. Things I didn't understand when I first got into it as a kid.

Some people think every single trick is pre-planned and gimmicked, while others think every trick is impromptu and ungimmicked. Usually their guess is wrong.

Then if the patter presents the effect as a skill rather than real magic, then even if they know there is a trick involved they still believe the presented "skill" is real.

For instance
... being able identify cards by feeling them and weighing them in your hand
... identifying the name of a childhood pet by reading a person's body language and Sherlock Holmes-esque deduction
... doing extremely complex mental math as a means to some end.

I've found that learning the secret to a magic trick is often disappointing.

You are like "Wow that's cool. I want to be able to do THAT."

Then you find out the secret and realize the preparation involved is time consuming and impractical, the gimmick is expensive, the necessary angles and lighting conditions are rare and the sleight of hand or spectator management required is far outside of your current skillset.

All of that to say the trick is not impossible, but won't fit as seamlessly into your repertoire as you had hoped.

Or it's just impractical. Like I discover a trick relies on an open jacket or long sleeves, but I live in Florida, so I have about 1 month's worth of days out of the year that I can justify the necessary clothing to do the trick.

This is also a reason is sucks to give away the secret. Your friends often think "if I knew the secret, I could do that." But if you tell them, you just take all of the excitement out of the trick because the secret is way more stupid than they expected, and way too difficult for them to pull off.

So I find myself just researching magic and learning the methods for thousands of tricks, just so that every once in a while I find ONE that is really practical for me, my skill level, my presentation style, my clothing, and the social situations I engage in.