Duplicity

THE BLURB:
Anyone can duplicate a drawing. But...

To make someone duplicate your drawing...

And to be able to show her why she drew what she did...

And to point out the suggestions hidden in every seemingly
innocent thing you said...

And to see her react as she recognizes each suggestion's
influence on her thoughts...

And to leave her genuinely questioning whether her will is
her own...

For that, you need more than a drawing dupe. You need...

DUPLICITY

A devious new direction in drawing duplication, by Joshua
Quinn

Duplicity is a very different approach to a drawing
duplication. Rather than duplicating someone's drawing, you
have her duplicate your drawing... and then you go back and
show exactly how you allowed her to do it. Far from being a
let-down, this apparent peek behind the curtain moves the
effect out of the realm of the impenetrably inexplicable
(and therefore "unacceptable" in many people's eyes), and
into the realm of the wholly believable yet still
gobsmackingly incredible. Here's how it plays out...

You invite someone to assist you with a thought experiment.
You say a few words to explain what you're going to attempt,
help relax her, and put her in a receptive state of mind.
Then you ask her to draw a picture of an object of her
choice, keeping it hidden from you and from the rest of the
audience. Afterward, you confirm with her that she could
have drawn anything, and that her choice was a free one. She
agrees. You then unveil a picture that you drew earlier as a
prediction, which you show to the audience, but not to your
assistant. Before you see if her picture matches yours, you
say you'd first like to demonstrate exactly why you
predicted this particular thing. You then repeat, word for
word, what you said to your assistant before she started
drawing. In retrospect, the entire speech is seen (or
rather, heard) to be a series of subtly veiled suggestions
aimed at planting the image of your prediction into her
mind. As the audience hears it for the second time, they
realize it's full of phrases that seemed innocuous at first,
but now stand out as glaringly obvious references to the
object in your picture. Although your assistant still hasn't
seen what you drew, she quickly catches on to what's
happening, and her increasingly startled reactions make it
clear that she recognizes how each phrase really did
influence her thoughts. Finally she reveals her drawing
which, of course, matches your prediction.

Important points to remember: The assistant's choice of what
to draw really is a free one, and she makes it when she
appears to. There is no force, no pre-show, and no selecting
from a list or a stack of cards or anything of the sort. She
experiences the same effect that the audience sees, and is
just as astonished by it.

MY COMMENTS:
Right up front let me warn you that this is for experienced
mentalists only. This manuscript does not provide any
techniques for the actual drawing duplication. Experienced
mentalists will have dozens of different methods and this
will work with just about any of the ones that allow a free
choice of drawing.

Also, the work in this is not done for you. In this 44-page
limited manuscript, Joshua Quinn shows you how to script
your drawing duplication so that you can prove to your
participant (and audience) that the drawing was not a free
choice, but he does not provide sample scripts for you.
There is a basic script for the drawing instructions, but
the scripts for the revelation that it's not a free choice
are left for you to customize. When delivered expertly, it
is a powerful demonstration of mind control. This is a
limited edition of 200 copies. I don't know how long
they'll be available, but this is something that experienced
mentalists shouldn't want to pass up. Certainly
recommended.