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hold a position in the bridge. Actually, each
element of the bridge was a location that
one club moved into and one club moved out
of. Because they moved so fast an illusion
was created that there was only one club at
that position that was rotating in that spot.
The entire process was mesmerizing. It
appeared as magic although I as an
observer knew the effect was generated by
two people tossing clubs back and forth.
There is another example of this
performed by a juggler. This time it was a
single performer bouncing balls on the
floor. His big thing was putting a reverse
spin on a ball and throwing the ball away
from him as if to cause it to bounce away.
However, due to the reverse spin, the ball
would bounce back to him instead of away
from him. In one sequence he continually
attempted to throw two balls away. Each
would bounce back to him immediately. Then
he would grab a returning ball and throw it
away again. The effect was staggering. His
hand seemed to wave back and forth just a
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bit. But the balls traced long arcs away from
him and toward him. The balls seemed to
be controlled by some magic force.
I think the strength of the illusion occurs
because there was a "disassociation"
between the performer's actions and the
motion of the props being manipulated.
This disassociation is very profound
when applying it to Zombie. To those that
know the trick, there is an attachment
between the performer's body and a small
silver ball. The attachment enables the
performer to manipulate the ball that is
some distance from the performer. The
trick has been performed by many for
some time. Recently a disassociation
principle was applied to this trick which
enhanced the effect considerably. The
principle is that:
When the ball moves, you don't. When you
move, the ball doesn't.
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