The Seed of Imagination by Michael Kras

Here's an effect I designed for competition, which I'm submitting to the Theory11 Saturday Night Contest for November 20th, 2010. Enjoy!

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Entertainment

Tags:

• magic
• Michael
• Kras
• earth
• air
• wind
• fire
• theory11
• competition
• saturday
• night
• contest
• snc
• card
• trick
• plant
• dirt
• water
• leaves
• seeds

[BenTheCardMagician]

suggestion: you shouldnt constantly be saying ur seed, the seed, ur seed, ect.... every 5 seconds

[magicianmike1234]

@BenTheCardMagician Sorry. I'm just trying to plant a seed in the spectator's mind.

Ooops, I did it again.

[manicania]

My only suggestion is to work on your look.

[magicianmike1234]

@manicania Explain?

[joshbalt]

Remember people only remember the beginning and the end. The middle gets you to the finish but no one can remember it for the life of them....so shorten that middle way up, and people will remember that the card was in the pot and magically appears on a "invisible tree". They will not remember the seed bit at all.

[magicianmike1234]

@joshbalt Thank you for your suggestions my friend! I appreciate it... this is still a work in progress and I love feedback.

[TheBradTobin]

@JAB63096 i agree, constantly refearing to the card as a seed gives the cards character and to and extent deeper value, this sets a certain mood and turns the effect into less of a card trick and more of a piece of magic that happens to use cards.i particulary like how the patter explaining why the cards are seeds changes the audiances view on how they are looking at what a deck of cards is.

[TheBradTobin]

the patter and effect were very good but the patter seemed too rehearsed, not saying im against rehearsing patter but it has to be so rehearsed that it doesnt seem rehearsed, it should seem like your just talking to people.

[trexdude]

That is beautiful

[CaptainRayne]

"you said seed 26 times" haha, I love malibuarmy

[JAB63096]

@magicianmike1234 I think repeating 'seed' is important.

[webshuuter]

Awesome trick I liked the pattern and everything, some people say the pattern was too long, but I think that all depends on how engaged your spectators are in the trick. Probably not a good opener, but would be fine as middle or close. The only thing I can criticizes you on is the still arm by your side. I use the Mercury Card Fold and palm also, and I have the same problem. Dai Vernon talks about letting your arm swing naturally by your side, this is something I still have trouble with.

[r0ckthemike]

Seed. Substantial.

[vigil3232]

very good visually for the mind. Sankey would like this.