EFFECT: A prediction is revealed on the inside of a securely folded piece of paper.
DD主TY LITTLE SECRET: This is a üttle embelüshment
on a wonder如 I idea from T. A. Waters' "Mind, Myth , & Magick". The effect is called "Folderoll" and employs a diaboücal Z-fold to permit you to write on what willlater be the inside of your prediction. __ By rubberbanding the Z-fold as pictured, you've got complete access to the backside with your Swami. Also, 哩' - 。 fumbting with the rubberbands give you an extra beat or two to finish your "prediction" and a logical reason to go south with the gimmick afterwards 臼 you pocket the rubberbands. 。 After scribbling your info, 阳m the packet 180 degrees σig. 2) , then open away from you , top to bottom σig. 3-6). Once fully opened , the preruction is revealed , the upper two-thirds of which were previously written inside beforehand. Personally, 1 always perform mental effects in a tongue in cheek manner, u sing this kind ofbit as an opener to "See if we're on 由e same page." This üne provides a natural segue to a book test by taking the "same page" experiment to tbe next logical, literal step.
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EFFECT: You're able to discem a word which a spectator has just imprinted on their mind.
DIRTY LITTLE SECRET: Here's an idea to help lend
reason and justification to the old center tear. Tbe premise is tbat you want them to etch a thougbt into tbeir head 一 üterally. 1 suggest 由at drawing a rudimentary, generic profile of your spectaωr makes a üttle more sense then j ust asking your spectator to: "Please print something in the center of this tiny circle so 也at 1 can rip it out later and read what it says."
Di d you know / Do you care?
The swirling cape that encircles God in Michelangelo's maste叩i ece on the ceiling ofthe Sistine Chapel , is exactly the same shape as a bisected human brain. Read into that what you want. Incidentally, Pope Julius II refused to pay Michelangelo for the ω iling, basically saying that he took too long.