For me, even as a magician and knowing how certain tricks are performed, I have a real appreciation for the skill with which they're performed. When I met David Blaine, I caught him doing a false shuffle once - but I'm positive he executed that same false shuffle during several of his other shuffles and I didn't quite spot them the other times; I just had a hunch. Both he and Asi Wind were really hitting them out of the park that evening. I didn't say anything at the time, just mentioned it to him afterwards - but also told him that I didn't say anything in the moment because I was simply enjoying the show, plain and simple. There was so much he did that I couldn't pick up on, or didn't pick up on until after the fact, that the entire evening was still very memorable and fun.
