No, then I'd never get their attention, Umbrae. I think some one would mistake me for an ugly folding chair and sit on me by mistake.
P.S. And, as usual I come back and really wish I'd pm my self my own posts before putting them up and not let myself do it for at least two days after the idea. I wasnt meaning to threaten anyone (wow i say this every time I start a thread) or offend anyone. I'm just not right.
Anyway, with the original reply:
It's a shame.... Illusionary magic and tarot are both misunderstood worlds.
David copperfields, penn and tellers, and john edwards love to tell people "look, here are the strings, you're so stupid for being fooled" and ruin it. It's not about the strings, it's what's presented to you.
Real Magicians work their asses off, train their bodies and practice, practice, practice. The equipment is precision engineered, timing, placement and the talent of the individuals involved all are critical. People can really be killed doing the tricks you see in vegas. they get cut, injured, but they stand up out of the box and smile until they get off stage. Ya know?
But the "true believers" pay for it, they know it's not a mystic thing capable of defying the laws of the universe, it's ....I dunno.... something else entirely. I don't know, I always knew they were tricks even when I was young, and how they were done but that made it so much cooler.
Like I think "cold reading" is really cool in it's own right. it's learning to pick up on every invisible cue, and every tiny subliminal cry that comes out of one human that *wants* to communicate with another. Non-language communication, I think it's incredible.
I dunno- I know most of my ideas seem half baked. I'm certainly never going to become a threat to the tarot world- lol. I couldn't get people to read for offline if I paid THEM.
I guess.... thinking about I just want people to let go and turn off their minds and open their heart for a minute- Magic tricks do that for me. Humans can make *magic* if they try very hard. Nothing's imposable and we have every thing we need to make it happen.
I guess I thought that if I could do tricks, they'd see that it was a skill *and* it was amazing. Obtainable and worthwhile are *not* mutually exclusive.
That's what's driving me insane. They get bored halfway though a reading because if the cards want to tell them something they don't want to hear it because of this "I cant have it, why bother?" mentality! Of course I'd get bored too on something that I considered completely irrelevant to me.
I think I'd kill for a "Does ___ like me like that?" or a "when will i get this?" because it's at least an endeavor! Nothing is imposable! It may not work the way you had in mind but the results ARE obtainable.
Instead they want their progress to entropy reaffirmed so they can contently sink down to the bottom of the sea. I'm sorry, there is no "Never changing is ok" card in tarot and there is no such trick as "ladies and gentlemen, prepare to watch and be amazed as I sit here and reach the lowest possible state of energy I can" trick.
Maybe it's not me- it's them. ...Well, I still suck. But when I get it right and I dont even know what's going on and they just dont wanna hear it- that's their problem.
But at the same time- what is it going to take to punt these people into gear! They just barely completed 1/5th of their entire life! They're too young to be this worn out! ><; Grrr!
Bad idea. 