Random Acts

THE BLURB:
My new offering "Random Acts of Kindness" is now available.

“Godspeed” – a psychological illusion for effectively
“speeding” time up for a person.

“Always on my mind” – Tools and techniques to assure we are
REMEMBERED by our spectators and create natural interest,
intrigue and rapport wherever we go.

“A Bright New Outlook” – My take on the “Teardrop” effect in
magic and mentalism and how I use it to seal my private
readings; a very special moment to be shared when you want
and need to create the deepest impact possible. For
entertainment purposes only and with DT3's blessing of
course!

“In the Madhouse” – an imaginary scene is created in the
mind of a participant and EXPERIENCED in real time by the
performer! Easy to do and garners wonderful reactions, this
piece is ripe with psychological subtleties and ruses. One
can apply this work to virtually any drawing duplication or
covertly obtained piece of information for a very ‘REAL’
feeling revelation.

“The Crimson Wall of Lictalon” – “Building Blocks” type
strategies for creating extra phenomenon within all of our
performances.

“Playing Card Readings” – a simple system that any magician
or mentalist can use to begin giving effective readings with
playing cards immediately.

“Into the Twilight” – My own take on the classic Paul Harris
effect, “Twilight Angels” for use in magical flavored
mentalism and celestial bizarre magic. Comes with GREAT
praise from Mr. Harris himself!

“The Ideometer Key” – a presentational ploy for the “Haunted
Key” effect. I also tip my hypnotic induction technique with
the key as a tool for mild trance like states.

And much more!

Introduction and cover design by Brad “Scarnecky” Gordon.

Here's what others are saying about this work -

“I feel a strange sense of pride in the material I found
within ‘Random Acts of Kindness.’ In my first publication ‘7
Deceptions’ I set forth a road to be traveled by performers.
This road encouraged building a more personal and affecting
relationship with your spectators. It also championed the
use of suggestion and related methods in our work. At the
time of publication the book caused something of a stir.
People questioned whether this path was a wise one to walk.
A few people saw the distant destination and began their own
journey. Along the voyage I have crossed paths with many of
these travelers.

Jerome is one of those who lead the way. I have had the
pleasure of seeing Jerome perform his material in a wide and
varied set of conditions from loud nightclubs and bars to
formal performance. I can safely say I enjoy watching Jerome
perform and I always take something from his written works
and ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ is no different. I have
enjoyed the material Jerome sets out within this manuscript
in his performances. I took several ideas and inspirations
from the book. I recommend this to any serious thinking
performer.

We will see you further down the path.” - Luke Jermay

"Jerome...really beautiful stuff. This is the direction I've
always hoped that magic would move to...some kind of hybrid
combination of therapy, performance art and astonishment.
Your presentational work on twilight angels is transcendent"
- Paul Harris

"In a near future 'psychology' won't be the little box we
use to lock magic down, but the key that those of us willing
to study the human mind will use to become true magical
beings. At that point a book like this will become an
indispensable grimoire for the magicians of the mind." -
Enrique Enriquez

“Jerome Finley is one of the rare people who can make magic
seem REAL. If you want to learn (and experience) the closest
thing possible to REAL magic, then you need ‘Random Acts of
Kindness’ by Jerome Finley.” – Dale A. Hildebrandt

MY COMMENTS:
I started to write a really long piece about this and after
looking at realized that most of it was redundant. There's
really not much more to say that hasn't been said in the
blurb. Jerome Finley has created some very beautiful and
memorable performance pieces. Most of them contain powerful
psychological subtleties and many of them are Jerome's
versions of classic mentalism effects. If you're a fan of
Kenton Knepper, Luke Jermay, or Paul Brook, you definitely
want to look into this 42 page e-book. This certainly may
not suit everyone's taste and style, but it's certainly
worth getting as there is a lot of fascinating thinking from
Jerome Finley, who is definitely one of mentalism's latest
creators of memorable routines.