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by **soveda** » Mar 11th, '12, 22:16

Hello, first post so I'll introduce myself.
I'm (nearly) 40 and a psychiatrist. I started getting interested in magic nearly 30 years ago but drifted away and have got back into magic after starting contact juggling.
I enjoy close up and mentalism, most comfortable with sponges and cards.

Anyway, I'll go back to lurking and reading!

by **Rob** » Mar 11th, '12, 22:23

Hi Soveda,

As an ex-Psychiatric Nurse, I can tell you you've come to the right place - pretty much everyone here is a potential detainee under the MHA :wink:

Hope you find your stay with us useful, and enjoyable (and, if you'd be good enough to persuade an ASW to join-up, too, we can finally deal properly with some of the unrulier elements on the Forum! :lol:

)

by **mr invisible** » Mar 11th, '12, 22:40

Hi Soveda, interesting job you have. I am surprised I haven't ended in one of your chairs!! The reason I am saying this is because for the last 12 years have been working in Histopathology, you know what its like?? Grusome body parts and Mortuary stuff etc... Anyway I have been doing magic for 10 years now to take away the edge of my work.. But was thinking how much does being a Psychiatrist help with Mentalism??

by **Karma** » Mar 11th, '12, 23:23

Hi, welcome to the forum.

pretty much everyone here is a potential detainee under the MHA

I know the voices arn't real, but they have some great ideas

by **Mandrake** » Mar 11th, '12, 23:31

To mis-quote the old saying:

You don't have to be mad to be here - but it helps....oh how it helps.....

by **Rob** » Mar 11th, '12, 23:34

At least we're well-stocked with Chlorpromazine these days! :twisted:

by **soveda** » Mar 12th, '12, 00:03

Cheers for the welcome!
Re: the psychiatrist thing, people think I can read their mind anyway, make of that what you will...

by **Xagan** » Mar 12th, '12, 23:53

Hey there, fantastic job you have! Welcome

by **Acolophon** » Mar 13th, '12, 11:56

soveda wrote:Hello, first post so I'll introduce myself.
I'm (nearly) 40 and a psychiatrist. I started getting interested in magic nearly 30 years ago but drifted away and have got back into magic after starting contact juggling.
I enjoy close up and mentalism, most comfortable with sponges and cards.

Anyway, I'll go back to lurking and reading!

Welcome! Just one thing I must ask. How does one juggle without contact?

by **Mandrake** » Mar 13th, '12, 12:21

I always thought that skill was referred to as 'dropping'

by **Karma** » Mar 13th, '12, 16:59

Mandrake wrote:I always thought that skill was referred to as 'dropping'

I'm highly skilled at dropping

by **soveda** » Mar 13th, '12, 17:11

Acolophon wrote:
soveda wrote:Hello, first post so I'll introduce myself.
I'm (nearly) 40 and a psychiatrist. I started getting interested in magic nearly 30 years ago but drifted away and have got back into magic after starting contact juggling.
I enjoy close up and mentalism, most comfortable with sponges and cards.

Anyway, I'll go back to lurking and reading!

Welcome! Just one thing I must ask. How does one juggle without contact?

Contact juggling= props remain in contact with the body, rolling/spinning. One of the most challenging things is isolating objects in space so they give the illusion of weightlessness etc. The most famous example of cj is probably in the film Labyrinth

by **soveda** » Mar 13th, '12, 18:04

Example (I am in the video somewhere!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ7MSS9eqFY

by **Acolophon** » Mar 18th, '12, 11:25

soveda,Thanks for the youtube ref.
My remarks show how ignorant a supposedly well informed person can be. Contact juggling looks very interesting and entertaining and, I think, it could meld very well into a magic act.