

So how then to turn the idea into a game which wouldn’t feel too much like a test and therefore become annoying. It suddenly dawned on me that this would be an incredible game to practice your observational skills unconsciously, using your own home as a comfortable practice ground. The whole game was taking place via text. The only twist being that I was in London and she was at home. She was asking me where her missing sock was. During the course of developing techniques to hone my observational skills I was involved in a game of sorts with my girlfriend. The spectator falls over and urinates in their own trousers due to having their world turned inside out by your deft wizardry!īACKGROUND This was never an effect I pursued from the outset, it came about through happenstance. I don’t even know what you do for a living, yet! This is upstairs? Spectator – Yes! Deductionist - I have a couple of objects in mind so I will need to ask you a question, is this object something to do with a liquid of sorts? Spectator – No Deductionist – Okay so, if I am reading this situation correctly and you had a free choice of any object then you will be thinking of sellotape.

Deductionist – So all I know at this point is it starts with s and has something to do with an adhesive of sorts, bare in mind I don’t know where you live, you could live in a detached house, a flat, a terraced house or even a caravan. With me? Spectator – Got it, so ill say extremely sticky. You can cheat as well if you’d like, you could describe it as Definitely comfy. You might choose the descriptive word durable. Spectator – Okay so, I spy with my little eye something beginning with S Deductionist – Lovely, now I would like you to think of the last letter of this word and come up with a word to describe your object that starts with this final letter. Really take a second to visualize the room in as much detail as possible as it will help me do this. Now, are you familiar with the classic car game I spy? Spectator – I am Deductionist – Great, I would like you to imagine us both sat in this room and then I want you to play the game as normal. Deductionist – Cool, don’t forget the room it was in but that isn’t as important as the object. With me? Spectator – Okay no problem, I have an object in mind.

If you are thinking about the green photo frame on your bedside table with you and your friends on from the last night out you went on then please just think photo. For example if you are thinking of your iPhone then think phone. Deductionist – Then I would like for you to think of any item in that room at all, but to think of it in simplistic terms. So I would like for you to think of a room from your house, a room that you spend a lot of time, perhaps the most time.

What I propose to try here is something much more difficult and work backwards to figure out an item that you are thinking about. This is because you can not have an item in your possession for that long without impressing upon it some part of your life or personality in some way. THIS BOOK OR ANY PORTION THEREOF MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR USED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORĮYESPY THE PRESENTATION OF THE BASIC EFFECT Deductionist – One of my skills is to be able to learn about anyone through certain objects, these are items with which I can deduce a lot of information from. COPYRIGHT 2016 © BY BEN CARDALL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
