Magic Tricks

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

4 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

06/09/2009

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Literature

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Summary :

Introduction
The magical tricks
The aesthetic deceptions in magic
The optical illusions in a science exhibition
The sixth sense and illusions
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

So what, I thought? It was really quite a simple move. When standing in the magic shop, among a group of thirty teenage magicians, their fathers, and the Director of the Society of Young Magicians, there are only two ways to categorize the miniature miracles going on in the hands of these wizards. Either they are performing a trick (making a coin vanish, finding someone's selected card in a pocket) or they are performing a move (secretly moving a coin from his palm to his fingertips, unknowingly transferring a card from the center of the deck to the top). In this case, sleight-of-hand and effect directly overlapped. My friend waved his hand over the deck, and the Queen of Hearts visually changed into the Ace of Spades, accompanied by the immediate spreading of his fingers. Card tricks, or magic tricks, can sometimes be painfully boring. Card tricks are usually associated with mathematical puzzles, not miracles. I always thought the most interesting piece of magic that could be performed with a deck of cards was the color change. I first remember seeing David Copperfield on television perform this elegant affect in the context of a longer trick. As heard from the live audience watching the cards transform in David Copperfield's hands, the illusion of seeing a black spot card go through a visual metamorphosis into a red picture card is appealing aesthetically to the eye, giving us cause to gasp for breathe. There is a certain power in that move. What if we could all transform things so freely, so eloquently? King Midas, despite the tragic misuse of his powers, comes to mind. In our dreams, these dreams held dear throughout time and throughout life, we perceive no immediate danger.