Derren Brown: Archive
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From: ganetauk
Date: Fri Nov 8, 2002 7:08pm
Subject: amazing skills....
Wow this really is fantastic! Please email me if you cannot, because
you can tell, via these written texts, who we all are, what we all
do, what will happen as we continue to do what we do. This I find
totally amazing, I really thought it impossible. I wish to model such
amazing skills. The use of these skills in human profiling would be a
great resource.
Thanks Terry
(vulture)
--- In a previous message mentalistical wrote:
> It really does amaze me when I browse the pages of this group. You
> people are a nightmare, you really are vultures circling high up,
> frequently swooping down to pick at or dismantle a performer and
his
> effects. I Have a feeling that if you spent as much time and energy
at
> an educational establishment such as a college or university you
would
> be very clever people. However I think it is safe to say that you
will
> never be truly rewarded by your efforts. Most of you spend too much
> time her in cyber land instead of going out and mixing with real
> people, I see you all as sad individuals who's ignorance will lead
> only to destroy that which others hold so close to their hearts.
>
> "It doesn't matter what performance level you're at. It doesn't
matter
> if magic is your hobby, your past time, your passion or your
career.
> If you treat your audience, and your art, with such dignity and
> respect that others can't wait to see more magic, then your own
> purposes – whatever they may be, will be better served than any
other
> way. Only perform quality, well-rehearsed material, and treat every
> audience member with the respect they deserve". Michael Ammar
>
> THE CAREFUL BUILDER
>
>
> I saw them tearing a building down - a gang of men, in my hometown.
>
> With a heave, and a ho, and a 'yes, yes!' yell They swung a beam,
and
> a sidewall fell.
>
> I said to the foreman, "Are these men skilled? Like the ones you'd
use
> if you had to build?"
>
> He laughed and said, "Oh, no! Indeed! The most common labor's all I
> need. Because I can destroy, in a day or two, what it takes a
builder
> ten years to do."
>
> And I thought to myself, as I went my way - Which of these roles am
I
> willing to play?
>
> Am I one, who's tearing down, as I carelessly make my way around?
>
> Or am I one who builds with care? So my family, my community, is
just
> a little better, because I was there.
>
> For many of you this post will mean nothing, you will simply read
on
> and dismiss it. You may not even bat an eye at my comments. I urge
you
> to stop dismantling this man. Mr Brown is an excellent performer
and
> has worked exceptionally hard to be able to present his mind magic
the
> way he does. If any of you where magicians or mentalists who had
> painstakingly built an amazing repertoire and some of your own
> effects, I'm sure you would be appalled at any expose and
plagiarist
> groups like this one. A performance is such a personnel thing, for
> someone to steal from it is like an attack on yourself, you may as
> well break into Mr Browns house and steel his personal belongings.
>
> I hear many of you say "hi I have been into NLP, hypnosis and magic
> for five years" yet you still come in here and talk crap. The truth
be
> known If you had been into magic for five years you wouldn't post
> stuff in here, well you would but only to poke fun at idiots.
>
> So to the vultures and thieves, keep reading the NLP books I'm sure
> they will make you very strong, powerful and not to mention
> interesting
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