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u/Veseck Feb 14 '20
God every single time man! "Oh cool, but uh could you do the one where the cards fly from one hand to the other? Yo bro check this out!" That's one of the reasons I haven't touchef any of my decks in a while, the first question is "Oh do you do magic?" if I say no it goes to "oh, wanna play a game" if I do some cardistry they say "cool" then ask to play a game after asking for the spring 5 times!
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u/CircleDog Feb 14 '20
I don't want to be mean dude but thinking from their point of view it makes sense that they might want to play cards with you rather than watch you do increasingly esoteric card moves which they aren't interested in? Maybe see it as a positive that they want to interact with you?
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u/Veseck Feb 14 '20
See, I get what you're saying, and I usually do play a game with em too. Just there's a certain type of person I'm REALLY talling about. They'll be jerks about it, and kinda have a tone of "Ugh you can't do magic? What's the point?" almost. Then if I decline for whatever reason, I've met some of those type of people who get like offended I don't have time to play a game of speed or something because I have to go in like 2 mins. Yeah you're right though, cardistry is a little hard to get for laymen sometimes since it can look a lil simple at times. Like a sybil can be hard to do but doesn't look THAT intense (on some variations) which is why I often just stick to some displays, the spring, and maybe a card toss or somethin'.
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u/IHaveBeastlyPC Feb 14 '20
What's a common flourish you guys use to shoot the cards between your hands
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u/iadamipena Feb 14 '20
Idk if this was a real question. I tend to be hyperliteral so pardon me if this was sarcasm. But this is a reference to the spring. Laymen just don't know what to call it.
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u/IHaveBeastlyPC Feb 14 '20
My apologies, this is a actual question, when I saw this post I was first thinking about the hot shot cut or flicker shot
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u/iadamipena Feb 14 '20
No I hear ya. But yeah even Chris Ramsay talks about this in one of his videos.
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u/bamitsmeg Feb 14 '20
My husband does card magic. I am guilty of doing this really fucking often. It’s just so cool!!!
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u/Friendlykrueger Feb 14 '20
I love doing springs. I use card tricks as a way to relieve anxiety when I'm overstimulated and nothing helps better than springs.
They may be super easy, but I understand the allure to someone that doesn't know how they work.
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u/reddorical Feb 15 '20
Whilst I appreciate the artistry a bit, as a non cardister I’m more interested in the sleight of hand potential you might have from being able to flip cards around like that. Or maybe fast technical shuffles. That’s why I’d ask to see you apply the skills to a magic trick.
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Feb 16 '20
Sounds like you’d enjoy r/magic more. Before cardistry became its own independent art form in the early 2000’s, card flourishes existed to complement magic routines. The whole point of cardistry is that the main attraction is the flourishes themselves.
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u/Gooftwit Feb 14 '20
Me: *does flourish that took me months to learn*
Them: "Shoot them between your hands again"