Most beautiful illusion?

[ihatepop]

Whats the most beautiful illusion (eg.making a person disappear) you have seen before?

ihatepop

[pianistimo]

Jesus Christ.  the illusion is that we are bound by time when we have the Holy Spirit.  we are not.  if we are made in the image of God and it does not yet appear what we shall be - we are an illusion right now.

just making a person disappear (through 'magic') isn't beautiful because it serves no purpose for the community as a whole.  that is the difference between magic and true power.  Jesus has the power to make the entire community able to be ressurrected in glory just as He is.  stay away from magic because it is entirely illusional and not able to save.

[counterpoint]

My most beautiful illusion is, that all humans can live in peace and harmony some day, and that religion will become peaceful too.

[zheer]

 

[zheer]

[pianistimo]

ooh.  i've seen the bellagio fountains in las vegas.  they are really beautiful at night,too, with the lights.

david blaine - isn't he the guy that walks sideways down tall buildings.  i was looking for him on the bellagio - but you know - crazy is crazy.  i think he waits for the wind conditions to be just right and then relies entirely on the wind to hold him up.  no real illusion - excepting if the wind suddenly stopped and he fell to his death.

[ihatepop]

David Copperfield flying. He could pass through rings while flying and levitate in a glass box.

ihatepop

[henrah]

[counterpoint]

Most beautiful dis-illusion:

[thalbergmad]

Jesus Christ.  the illusion is that we are bound by time when we have the Holy Spirit.  we are not.  if we are made in the image of God and it does not yet appear what we shall be - we are an illusion right now.

Please do not infest this thread with your Biblical babbling nonsense.

I wish I could make you vanish sometimes.

Thal

[ahinton]

Please do not infest this thread with your Biblical babbling nonsense.

I wish I could make you vanish sometimes.

Thal

That was exceedingly predictable from you, Thal; yet another of your charm-school nuggets. Anyway, didn't you mean Bablical bibbling? What would you say about Biblical babbling or Bablical bibbling in Babel?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

 

[thalbergmad]

Just seen a DVD called "The Illusionist".

Would thoroughly recommend it.

Thal

[lichristine]

THE USED "ON MY OWN" LIVE.

Well, it wasn't an illusion. but it was the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

[ail]

David Copperfield flying. He could pass through rings while flying and levitate in a glass box.

ihatepop

There's a video around the internet showing exactly how he did that... with wires, as anyone would expect.

Well, I vote for this. It's one of the most creative and poetic numbers I have ever seen. You could classify it as an illusion, as some times this kind of trick is seen in illusionist repertoires.

But the true talent is more in his performance as a whole than in the technique per se.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf9oo_jerome-murat

Alex

[henrah]

That was amazing Ail!!!

Would you happen to know where this video explaining Copperfield's flying illusion is? Though it's done with wires, and that's what you'd expect it to be done with, it still amazes me! I guess the trick lies in how the wires are used, as even when I think about them being used it still doesn't seem so...

[ihatepop]

That was amazing Ail!!!

Would you happen to know where this video explaining Copperfield's flying illusion is? Though it's done with wires, and that's what you'd expect it to be done with, it still amazes me! I guess the trick lies in how the wires are used, as even when I think about them being used it still doesn't seem so...

You sure you want to know?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRPOCuw_8bw

ihatepop

[henrah]

I don't remember seeing the hoops part, but if I did I'd know for sure that it was wires. I've seen that hoop-over-wires trick so many times now. I want someone to do something unique with it, a way that isn't the norm and would really look like it passed through something.

I find it fun trying to figure out magic tricks, but this one I still don't understand!

[ail]

I don't remember seeing the hoops part, but if I did I'd know for sure that it was wires. I've seen that hoop-over-wires trick so many times now. I want someone to do something unique with it, a way that isn't the norm and would really look like it passed through something.
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You're so right in this, Henrah. That's why I loved Jerome Murat so much. I can never tire of seeing that number, and a large part of that is due to the music, which I find absolutely delicious. But also the story, oh my, how the story is told. The techniques used are so easy to understand, are so normal and yet he transcends it completely. It's like playing a piano piece low on technical difficulty but soaring high on musical content, if you know what I mean.

I find it fun trying to figure out magic tricks, but this one I still don't understand!

Yeah, that one is frustrating. I saw this video before and I still don't understand where he puts the cards.

Alex

[lau]

David Copperfield flying. He could pass through rings while flying and levitate in a glass box.

ihatepop

i know how he does, i guess i'll just reveal. He doesn't pass through the rings he passes behind them, but it looks like he goes through them. and then when he is in a glass box..well first of all obviously the way he flys is with wires. When the assisants take the glass cover for the box the put it in between the wires and then cover the box so the wires are in the box with copperfield just in the cracks around the sides of the box. i wonder if that makes enough sense

here, this explains it i think: 

[lau]

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oo this is a better video

[mourningsun]

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[pies]

Illusion is reality