” When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side when, actually, the things right in front of us are often the hardest to see: the things that you look at every day that you’re blinded to. “
” Attention is what steers your perceptions, it’s what controls your reality. It’s the gateway to the mind. “
” If you could control somebody’s attention, what would you do with it? “
” If you don’t attend to something, you can’t be aware of it. But ironically, you can attend to something without being aware of it. “
” When you look at all this massive data that comes in from our senses, and it all has to come in through this central point, it’s really interesting that we can identify the filter that our mind is using to select what it thinks is relevant and what it’s going to forget. “
” We always think of misdirection as, ‘Look over here while I do this over here!’ And that’s not what it is. You can be looking straight at it, and if you’re not thinking about it, you won’t process it. I find that fascinating. “
” I was doing all these hand exercises, trying to move things like other kids, catch things like other kids, and change my reflexes, and I guess I just didn’t stop. That’s why if somebody says to me, ‘Can I learn this?’ I will say, ‘Probably, if you can get the psychology right. “
” There are two kinds of magic. If you think of it like martial arts, there’s sparring, where you are doing it with a partner, and the other is kata, where you’re doing an exposition for the audience. “
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