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Here is my reason why. When doing
something different each time the audience
perceives each as a different trick. Thus,
each time they do not know what to expect.
If they are interested, they want to have a
feeling they have observed all the factors
involved to come to a solid understanding
they have seen magic happen. When
seeing something different with each event,
I believe the audience is left incomplete
and wanting some kind of resolution.
When doing a sequence of events that are
identical, the audience gets the feeling they
can watch the event again and get a
complete understanding of what is going on.
If they see it again, they can check what
happened before an event to see if they
missed something. The real surprise and
amazement occurs when they know what is
going to happen, know it can't happen and it
happens anyway.
This leaves the audience with the desire
to see more because it's cool.
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Bear in mind that this is my opinion. I
have talked to many about this and seem to
be running up against a brick wall. So, I must
present it as something to occupy your idle
thoughts as you practice your art.
How does this Fit with Matrix?
Right now I would like to offer some
examples of tricks that I do and the way
the same tricks are performed by others.
The first is about my favorite trick,
Matrix. When I perform it I attempt to
keep each coin transition exactly the
same as the others. Matrix is blessed in
that there are two methods employed.
However, each method can be presented
exactly like the other. In the first two
transitions the magic is accomplished
when the cards are picked up from the
table. In the third, the coin is already
there so one only needs to raise the
cards to show the magic has occurred.
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