Shape of my Heart - shawn farquhar

[angel56335]

Do you have women offer themselves to be your wife after this trick?

[MoviesAK]

You look like the joker :D

[theaaplfan]

Is this trick available to buy to learn? I think it's beautiful!

[pabs220]

i first saw you on pen & teller, & you blew me away where you did the best card trick i have seen, i have been practicing for just over a year now, & if i could ever handle the cards as well as you i would be a happy man, thanks

[lordbrunt]

Awesome mate! It'd be truly amazing if you could make Sting magically disappear! Get yourslef back over to England!

[eXisentZ]

This is beautiful art!

[wineloveable]

I missed you on this years Magic 'N Miracles tour (2011). We were looking forward to seeing you again and it just wasn't the same without you. :( You're funny, wonderfully talented and I just love the Shape of my heart act.

[ShawnFarquhar]

@wineloveable Thanks for the really nice words... I thought it was a great show this year but always wish I can be a part of the tour... next year will be their 25th year... should be awesome...

[dag451]

That's beautiful Shawn, your trick on Penn & Teller's Fool Us was immense too. Please could you upload a HD version of this trick?

[speedracer234]

Shawn, Great act and you have a great personality. You present yourself with so much joy and happiness throughout your tricks, you can truly see that your enjoying yourself. We need more Magicians like you.

[JoshoewaGillespie]

Who's the song by?

[wineloveable]

@JoshoewaGillespie: The song is by Sting from the album, Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

[MrDoyle99]

wow!!!!! best magic ever so neatly done

[PedroMarques999]

DANMIT you're the best!



[magicmatt8200]

i must say i have seen dovens and maybe hundreds of ambitous card routines but this is the best out of all.

[FearsNoGood]

Wow. Just wow.

[batmanalk]

There's a reason your world champion. simply beautiful, man

[zendishwasher2]

masterful routine. certainly worth the gold.

[MegaWooHa]

That sort of magic is my favorite. Its stunning in its own right but also beautifully presented and choreographed. Really amazing man!!!

[samsf90]

you sir. are a baller.

[IronMarz52]

This is a beautiful effect. I really want to do something like it, but without copying this trick too much. Does anyone know of any other songs a trick like this can be done to?

[ShawnFarquhar]

@IronMarz52 Check out these great ideas:

watch?v=xi-O4t8paf4

watch?v=f1ypssjEsWw

-shawn

[Stanleymagicroad]

This act is so amazing! One of the most beautiful acts, maybe ever, created. I hope no one steels this act cause this is worth a million dollars. Truly amazing and so genius! Congratz to the title :)

//Carl Stanley

[bizkitninja]

awesome



[fudgeamania1]

the best part is that shawn is my great uncle so I find it cool how my great uncle has one of the best card tricks I have evr seen :)

[baronkimble]

This trick is phenomenal, and I said wtf more than a few times. Great trick!

[Tennie10]

im so not inviting him to my poker night o.O

[Rallzie]

Cool routine with a nice flow and a nice set of tricks. Except the trick you do at 4:22 - 4:23 where you take the attention to your mouth then sticks the card in under the top card. Then you pick both cards and holds them as one.

Please remove this trick of a five year old from you othervise flawless act.

[theakstonsrock]

The changes at around 5:10 - wow. This man is an inspiration.

[MrTjl1234]

I saw that at a magic show in Morgan City, Louisiana. It was awesome!

[banglacow691]

u are the best . I clapped in my room to a computer screen. Love from Singapore

[OffTheBottle]

Probably the best presented routine I've ever seen.

[060515657]

Please note shawn is larger in person

[ntamakoupa]

whats the throw at 5:40 called??? is there a tutorial somewhere??

[ku02h3ll]

@ntamakoupa its called hot shot cut many tutorials on youtube have fun practicing

[hellbound102]

sweet, i like the very last thing you did where the cards come out of your mouth, ive tried and tried but cannot get that to look good, one of these days its gonna look like that tho. very nice routine, but to be honest my favorite part of the video is at the very end where the guy goes for the high-five and the little girl just leaves him hanging.

[magichampion]

@hellbound102 truth be told that's my favourite moment too ... he's a great guy and friend but it's darn funny.

[guille6996]

See my performance of this amazing card routine in my chanel and subscribe.

Enjoy it!

[hellbound102]

@guille6996 ive seen your performance, and it was good, except for the video edits that you used to substitute skill, learn to do it with pure sleight of hand like Shawn, anybody can shoot a couple of videos and drag and drop them together... so in short, the original routine is amazing, however guille's performance of it sucks because rather than learn the necessary sleights he attempted to take the easy way out, and made himself look like an idiot.

[guille6996]

@hellbound102 excuse me, only i was a problem with the camera at the end, and i had to published that day

I think that despite the mistake at the end of the video, the rest of the video is fine.

[hellbound102]

@guille6996 i agree that the rest of the video was good, but the end of it just ruined it all for me, anyway this is the comments for shawns video, its really not the place to be discussing yours

[MagicTusky9]

Wow this version is good as well. Very moving performance Shawn!  Conjurers... the bar has been set. Make your performances your own and be art as much as possible while bringing, tears, laughter, wonderment and JOY.

[Sageleef]

This is not just magic...this is also an enormous display of passion and art...

[liamfento1998]

This is truely amazing, A combination of music and magic is always good and especially good when it also has a storyline to it. Well Done Shawn on this masterpiece.

[ambulance2000]

Wow!! been doing a bit of sleight of hand myself for a few years, but this guy takes it to another limit.. Truly outstanding SHAWN.

[blackdawn88655]

i seen that at the magic n miricales show other day! IT WAS AMAZING!!!!!! thanks for making magic seen possible. :) u act was by far the best.

[ShawnFarquhar]

@blackdawn88655 Thanks for the kind words and supporting the Magic n' Miracle tour.

[blackdawn88655]

@ShawnFarquhar ur welcome. and my mom liked your suit. she thinks yellow and purple r the pefect colours.

we have a yellow kitchen and a purple washroom. ;) probably didn't need to know that but oh well and i m gonna google your tricks ill figure them out. matbe not this one since u made it up... but i ll get the main idea to it.mawahahaha!!

[ShawnFarquhar]

@blackdawn88655 Thanks for the kind words and supporting the Magic n' Miracle tour.

[KicsiRamy]

Shawn = EPIC :D

I couldn't help my self thinking that this was so like a freestyle...for the audience of course :D

I'll try the same thing (not with Shape of my Heart/not same routine) I think it makes people 1. more interested 2. it distracts them as well. Awesome idea!!!!

[albertywerty1133]

I was here when this happened! Woot 8D

[gabryelangelomagic18]

are your magic tricks for sale

[phg187]

keep up the good work, u are great at magic

[RZCardMagic]

Wow this is great! I really like it!

[sudarsan7532]

shawn a card magic legend... genius man... Shawn please keep up investing new routines.... love you man...!

[grasshop34]

Shawn Farquhar is such an inspiration and one heck of a nice guy in person.

This trick inspired me to create Magic Card Songs. Check them out on my channel.

[CRISTOBAL137]

It look like the cards were dancing in your hands. Congratulations Shawn, it's a beautiful routine.

(p.s.: sorry for my english, i'm from Chile).

Greetings.

[TomTom1525]

Shawn, i'm entering the Young Magician of the Year 2011 and was wondering if i could include your act in my routine. I understand if you are not OK with that, but its such an amazing performance and i'd love to use it. Plus i would only use it that one, i wont show it to a crowed again after that.

[ShawnFarquhar]

@TomTom1525 Thank you for asking. I would prefer you did not do the routine. Not just because I want it to be associated with me, but because the judges of your contest will probably not judge you well for doing some one else's material. Best wishes for the Young Magician of the Year contest.

[MrCardtrickster100]

@TomTom1525 did you win? :D

[trooperidp]

This is the best trick ever! I was inspired of doing card tricks by this video :) The idea is just perfect! I just want to ask you have you got more tricks like this? What I mean is putting card tricks with music together. If you don't? Are you planning to do more in future?

Best regards,

Dennis :)

[149scrat]

Jst me or at the beginning does he sound like michael jackson?

[lajollacat]

Just wow...I am utterly amazed by this! I'm supposed to be doing homework right now, but I'm addicted to this video lol. I just had to say that you are beyond phenomenal!! I'm awe struck...

[Dmason173]

love this trick ive watched several times but i cant seem to get that switch at 5:17 great act and i love the song choice

[thezhanman]

Shawn, you are a genius, you combined music and magic together, this is brilliant.Great ACt man. i learned this act and i added a thriumph routine in the beginning and a deck color change in the end. do you mind me show that to my friends and other magicians? ill tell them you came up with the original idea.

[ShawnFarquhar]

@thezhanman Glad you like my act. I don't mind people learning and doing the routine for friends. I make my living doing the routine so I would hope you won't do it for public shows. Thanks.

[thezhanman]

@ShawnFarquhar i definitely wouldnt do that, you are the one that came up with this great idea, i wont take credit for it

[muzzyissoawesome]

@ShawnFarquhar Shawn PLEASE comment.

this is an amazing routine! would you please assist me, maybe im dim witted but i cannot find where to learn or buy this trick, please hurry and answer back :)

[hellbound102]

@muzzyissoawesome haha, you cant expect to find a place to buy EVERY trick you ever see, i think that this was actually put together by shawn, so unless hes selling it, i dont think you will be able to buy it

[muzzyissoawesome]

@hellbound102 he sells his other tricks... eg: ultimate invisible deck :L its just a great routine and i would love to learn it! :D

[hellbound102]

@muzzyissoawesome ah ic, well im not familiar with him, this is the first thing ive seen from him, it is an awesome routine tho

[muzzyissoawesome]

@hellbound102 ahh, thats alright then, thanks anyway :D

[brunomm87]

Hi can anyone tell me the name of the movement at the time 5:17 that's a beautiful move that i wanted to include in my routines

Thanks

Keep up Shawn

[ShawnFarquhar]

@brunomm87 I just made up the move so it doesn't have a name ... although I think Daniel Garcia's "ego shift" may work as it looks similar, but isn't the same.

[brunomm87]

@ShawnFarquhar OMG thank you so much for the tip :) Love your work.

Please continue :D

[entres]

So that's what joker look like without the makeup...

[dellus1on]

At the CAM convention in kitchener i sat and watched as you won the close up magic award wondering why. Well know i have my answer with this beautiful routine. Its very refreshing to see creative minds like you in the magic industry today. Keep it up!

[hotstuff999]

Your act is not only amazing, but your personality just adds to the enjoyment I have when I watch this clip

[TillHawks]

5:56 epic face. and great trick... its the only part i couldn't catch, the cards into the mouth... damn

[Whitewarlok]

This trick has been inspirational to me because of how beautifully you perform it. What advice would you have to someone who enjoys performing magic as a hobby and wants to learn how to manage a few of the more advanced tricks?

[saintsuro]

nice variation of hand to mouth

[EricHenning]

MAGIC THE WAY IT SHOULD BE DONE - skillful, mysterious and beautiful. Bravo!

[mybabygirl981]

I just saw your performance of this is saskatoon saskatchewan, canada, on the weekend and was very impressed by it. You used my friends name on the card and i came and asked you for the card and an autograph you were very nice, i just thought i would tell you how impressed we were.

[ShawnFarquhar]

@mybabygirl981 thanks for writing.  I had fun with all 1500 of you! I'm happy I found the card backstage and even happier you asked for it for your friend.

[killaandyopo]

awsome

[chrisrandallmagic]

I just saw Shawn at the World Magic Seminar close up show and he DESTROYED the audience and even that is an understatement. I have learned so much from Shawn as a man, as a competitor, and as a magician. He is a model for good magic and just damn good people. Me and Kat love you Shawn! I dont know... you tell me.

[LowPowerDx]

Now that's how it's done. Classic ACR with a few other productions, but done so smoothly. The performance totally made the routine unique. AWESOME!

[sooriyah007]

wow....these are actually easy tricks but when he does it it looks very complicated which make it all the more better...all the way man

[v01c35]

Respect !!

[RoyalSaiyan]

One of my favorites.

SMOOTH!

[marcinlupa]

Beautifull!!! I know how its done but i can look at this trick 10000 times and i am very happy. I don't know why. Maybe because i like very good magic tricks with a perfect selected music.

I saw thousands of magic tricks but this is one of my favorites:)

EXCELLENT!!!

[aliharsey]

oh amazing

[cthatshit]

damn i missed your show in white rock, i went the other night and noticed that magicians line up are different every night... as fairly disappointed =[

[funke45145]

What`s the name of the last move, when the signed card is juming from one into the other hand?

[DazzlingDoudini]

@funke45145, hot shot cut

[gforcemedia]

Brilliant and beautiful! Kudos on a truly magical routine.

[BeyondKen1]

This is just absurd. You're a genius of magic and my favourite of all.

[screensmoke]

Pretty solid stuff out there! We do enjoy your videos a lot.

[Ampersan5340]

i just saw you tonight in whiterock, BC.

Great job. When I heard your name called out I instantly gained interest.

[MrPoopFlavoredPie]

youre awesomei subscribed

[2funnny]

Mr. Farquhar you are awsome. loves from Turkey. in here you have lots of fans. you should come here and visit. keep going sir.

[MrPoopFlavoredPie]

i saw this live on norwegian star. that was so cool!!!! your awesome and i bought the svengali deck from you and im impressing a lot of people

[ShawnFarquhar]

Glad you're enjoying the MagiCards and impressing folks ... I have to say your YouTube name is really odd!  ;-)

[JLGM42]

this is awesome and definetly one of my favorites and i wanted to ask for your permission to use this in my routine for my schools talent show.

[ucantpickthisname]

if this trick won the silver medal then what trick won the golden one?

[ShawnFarquhar]

The winning act in 2006 was a comedy act from Germany. I returned in 2009 (happens every three years like the Olympics) and won 1st prize and the Grand Prix too ...

[willukus]

Shawn you are great, super trick. Beautiful trick. Good luck in future competitions.

[henry10201020]

@ShawnFarquhar wasnt Soma won the grand prix ??Or its a Duo?

[ShawnFarquhar]

@henry10201020 Hi Henry. FISM has a Grand Prix for Stage and for Close Up magic. Soma won the stage and I won the Close Up. Visit FISM website for more details ... :-)

[henry10201020]

@ShawnFarquhar However,both of you did the most impressive routine in FISM!

[jtwalls]

This trick puts me in awe every time i watch it. I went on the Mexican riviera cruise twice on the N. star and the second time i was looking forward to this trick the entire cruise leading up to the night of the show. Great stuff, thanks Sean

[magicman19141914]

Mr. Farquhar, As a fellow magician I just would first like to thank you for keeping your routine so creative and magical. I have to give ur preformace like a million stars if there was such a rating system. Great Job!

[blckfire539]

that was beautiful

[consonantzzz]

Amazing

[TiagoNigga]

shane, if ur reading

PLEASE NEVER REVEAL THE TRICK

good joob

[cozzyrocks97]

its not shane its shawn...

[adityavarazslo]

Is this the first time you show the trick?

[NafetsTheGreat]

No it is not. He has preformed it everywhere. Espically at the Winter Carnival of Magic where I met him. This trick won the Silver Medal at the World Championship of Magic in Stockholm Sweden in the category of Parlour.

[txbanido]

you got talent.

[BRANDONGREE]

I think thats the best i have ever seen.And i have seen a bit.

Truly Amazing !!

[SSthemagicviolin]

ur just awesom awesome awesome awesome. I wish I could do some tricks.

[149scrat]

'Please note that Shawn is larger in person' lol. Great performance.

[heymanhaha]

can someone tell me what he says at 0:39 ? can't hear the joke.. :)

[Willondon]

"I've done shows in the People's Republic of China

for 200 million people. That's like 400 million eyes, give or take a few from farming accidents."

[navid99us]

give or take a few because of farming accidents

[videocircus]

This guy just won the TOP Prize in the world champion Magic association.

[Zendishwasher1]

i understand that,i am more interested in the routining than the actual effect. almost every magician has an ambitious card routine,i myself use an ambitious/triumph. as for quiting my day job, i can't. i am self-employed.

[rufatm]

triumph makes nice effect but an explanation for it is all over the net unfortunately

[Zendishwasher1]

i hope you publish this routine.

[MagicCelt1]

I just watched this becuase of the controversy surrounding this and the Russ Stevens routine, both are quite different and this is more entertaining.... Dunno what all the fuss is about.

Fair enough there is a stool and the same song used but other than that...

[markbaluk]

lol.

[LiberalProphet]

Modern??? Only the music is modern...

[Zendishwasher1]

duh, i didn't know that i have only been doing magic my whole life.few performers get this kind of emotion connection.

[LiberalProphet]

Maybe if you knew more you wouldn't be stuck washing dishes....

[Zendishwasher1]

only the truely ignorant would assume that my user name refers to my occupation.when you start posting your own magic we'll talk, and if you were a "liberal prophet" we wouldn't be having this discussion.

[Zendishwasher1]

this is what modern close up magic should look like.you deserve it.5 stars.

[1962islander]

shawn was amazing @ school, we went 2 specrtrum senior secondary in victoria b.c. he was always looking 4 a finger to chop off! LOL but true!

[pbandjce]

I got a pic with u and you have great enthusiasum (yeah, i cant spell)

I saw you on Norwegian Star going to Alaska in early JUne of 2009. This trick was my favorite

[NickGoesR0aor]

yeah!! i was there too

[Etianen87]

Bloodybrilliant

[potroman007]

Hey Mr. Farquhar,

UNBELIEVABLE work.You are my favorite magician by far along with DG. This is my favorite magic routine of all though. It really touches me and bring "magical

" tears to me eyes. Fantastic performance.

~Alex

P.S. I am teaching my younger cousin magic and I always like to give credit to the creators of moves. What is the change you do towards the end with the Aces called and who is it by? I want to tell him the right thing since it is only fair. THANKS!!!!!

[rollsroycey]

amazin, great card counting trick

[flaminboy44]

i just saw him on a cruise last week on the norwegian star i saw the same exact routine

[NickGoesR0aor]

me too!

[fixmagic456]

yeah

good job

[MagicQ40]

Absolutely amazing great performance and the music is perfect 5 stars all the way!

[alexaimaq]

seen this live. amazing

[KidMagician]

to those who said he is a nice guy, I have to agree. He is amazing and hilarious and an amazing magician. I get to see him every few months and love watching him present new effects hes been working on. He's taught me numerous effects and he is by far one of the Worlds Greatest Magicians

[sandersiepeltje]

hoeveel azen zou hij in zijn hand hebben? stuk of 30?

[TheArrco]

maar 4

[gamma105]

absolutely beautiful

[ajsmagic]

I've been performing magic for 25 years, and I have heard of Shawn, but never really watched him work. This is the most creative, beautiful, & original piece of magic I've ever seen. Excellent job Shawn!!!

[hellboy17x2]

thats a seriously sick routine

[ReenRune]

We miss you in denmark!!!

[MagicalJohnVideo]

I hung out with him today at Magician's Alliance of Western NY. Nicest guy in the world, and I got to learn some sick moves.

[halskovMagic]

Yes, he is a very nice guy.

[halskovMagic]

This trick

[X0Pureranqe]

HAHAHA 0:04 Please note Shawn is larger in person xD

[popchris3]

I saw this live at the Winter Carnival of Magic. It was FANTASTIC and the song is pretty cool too.

Super cool guy. Taught me a few triccks after the lecture that no one else knows! HAHA!

[flyingferret43]

we saw him on a cruise we went on and he was so awesome

[Arrnt]

This is totally amazing, I've watched this video like 100 times, and it just gets better. Beatiful peace of magic.

[YFZER359]

ive met this guy, COOLEST GUY YOU WILL EVER TALK TO!!! He does shows on Norwegian Cruise Lines and they are amazing. You see him around the ship and ive rode up in the elevator with him a few times. My favourite quotes are from him: On your gravestone there is 2 numbers and a dash. Life is not about the houses cars or cash its about living life and how you spend your dash

and another one: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, thats why they call it the present.

[DarkDrako20]

the best perfromance!!!

[Mandiko00]

what trick won the gold medal?

[SaMbOuZproductions]

where can i learn this awesome trick pliz ?

[Miketheman2992]

He closed with this at NEMCON, and it was fantastic.

[Etianen87]

this is the 3 time i see this performance,and all long i love how you do this.

That's a sort of Ambitius(****),but not a trick.....IT'S AN ACT!!!!!

[gbeck1114]

Fantastic. Sting's music is unbelievable to begin with. You've created an emotional magical experience. Thanks for posting Shawn. Truly beautiful!!!!

Glen

[colddecklogic]

One of the most outstanding, beautiful, and perfectly performed pieces of sleight of hand I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of card performances. Oustanding Shawn

[isildur34]

gracias

[Icefire2765]

omggggg this is awesommeee

shawn is part of my local ring :P i hope i get to meet him lol

[maskedmagician21]

sweet

[maskedmagician21]

I couldnt pick a favorite everything was awesom!

[maskedmagician21]

He did this last night at magi-fest