Richard Turner, a card magician, performs for people all over the world.
This magic trick is surprising, but the most shocking thing is
At his home in San Antonio, Richard Turner showed us his storage room
And his family has a total of tens of thousands of decks of poker, put everywhere, whenever he practices his touch, to make sure that he can pick up a deck of poker at any time.
Speaking of the enlightenment of his poker career, it is because of a Western film called "Gambler Ma Huali"
When the film's final theme song sounded, Richard Turner thought Mcavalier was so cool that he heard a voice inside him say it to him
Magic is divided into large-scale illusion magic, stage magic, tavern-style magic, etc., and Turner performs the most difficult one - close-up magic. Because of face-to-face contact with the audience, the audience can often touch the performance, which often brings great shock.
Turner's vision was normal as a child, and suddenly one day everything he saw was blurred and deformed, and then a black hole appeared in the middle of his field of vision, and the doctor could not do anything
In his youth, Turner was a perpetual motion machine, playing everything on bicycles, motorcycles, karate, and cards became the perfect choice, eliminating his anxiety while also being able to research something. Turner practiced for 16 hours a day, shuffling, practicing in the car, in the church, in the grocery store, and when he was exercising
Even when snapping with his wife
After an old man in the magic world met Turner, he taught Turner a crucial trick of card magic- nature. Turner practiced tirelessly, shuffling the cards ten thousand, twenty thousand times a day, until it became a subconscious habit. When he went to the seniors again, the seniors taught him and told him some secrets that only they knew.
Turner is often mentioned for his eye disease during public performances, and he doesn't like to be sympathized with, doesn't like the inspirational stories of those with disabilities, and he hopes to win the recognition and respect of others through his own merits and strengths.
Because his son went to college in a distant place, Turner was afraid that the craft would be lost, so he began to teach some children how to master the art of solitaire
Among these students was a beautiful girl who suffered from eye diseases like Turner, and she and Turner were also teachers and friends, encouraging each other, and Turner also changed some of her outlook on life in her contact with the little girl.
He said to his wife: I will no longer hide and deceive myself, this feeling is really relaxed, let it go, let everyone come together to help me, overcome it
At the 47th Academy of Magic Arts Awards, Turner finally won the title of Best Close-Up Magician of the Year
"I think my blindness slowly turned into an inspiration, it made me who I am now, and I'm grateful for it. Accept your own weaknesses, accept the help of others, because everyone has weaknesses, and when you can accept it, you can move forward and backward in life. ”
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