I played around a lot with many of the commercially released impression pads. The next question I’ll get is, “What impression pad do you use.”īelieve it or not, I make my own with a charcoal stick. Where does a notepad feel not out of place? That’s where you should arrange for your performance to occur. When you’re an amateur, you bring your show to the props. When you’re a professional, you bring your props to the show. This is a general concept in amateur magic. I won’t bring the pad to them if they’re somewhere where it doesn’t make sense. If I have a specific trick I want to use with an impression pad, then I will plan it so that my target audience is in the location that is near the pad. When it’s in one of those places I can choose to use it spontaneously. So, for me, it makes more sense to keep an impression pad in my bag, in a drawer in my house, or maybe in the glove compartment of my car. But in an era of cellphones that you can use to make notes and record voice memos, it’s a little odd that you would give up your limited pocket space for a notebook and pen.

Not that carrying around a notebook is completely unheard of. Now, if I was just carrying it around in my pocket, then I might feel like I needed some more justification as to why I had it on me. So no, I don’t really go out of my way to make the notepad seem “normal.” I think having a small notepad in my computer bag is not something that needs justification. I’m as concerned about overly justifying something as I am about not justifying it. I’d open it up to the first blank page and have you write down what you’re thinking, tear out the sheet, close the notebook and set it aside. I’d dig in my bag a bit and pull out regular small spiral notebook. I’d ask you if you have anything to write on. Here is what it would look like if I used an impression pad with you in a social situation. Is it something you carry with you in general? Or more specifically for a certain planned routine?Īlso if you are planning on using it for a future something, do you consciously use it as a notepad beforehand and let people see you use it? -JC Maybe the pad is on one side and notes on the other. Im guessing its something you already use to make notes in your day to day life. How do you make it seem like an everyday notepad? When you use an impression pad in a routine.

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