What can I say? It works.
To be honest it's kind of funny to me that you can find instructional videos on how to make shadow puppets with your hand. "Damn it, I need to make a bunny rabbit now and I don't know where to begin. What's this? Oh, thank God."
Think I remember seeing these steps on a poster years ago.
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When I was very young my father could be relied upon to provide my first, and still most memorable, experience of shadow puppets. I can't remember just how good he was at making them, but considering the fact there was no television and I was far too young to go to a movie, they were my first experience of magic.
He also taught me how to tell time with a circular cardboard clock he made. I'm sure he'd read me a story or part of one if it was long, but the last thing he'd do before turning out the lamp was to make shadow puppets on the wall.
Grandad knew a lot of stuff that I wish I had appreciated more. Yes, the practice of making simple shadows appear to be something else is a kind of magic. Probably one of the oldest kinds. And it's the kind that still works, still keeps the affect of magic, even when you know how it works.
I'm curious how this cardboard clock thing works. There may be descriptions of something similar on the web, but most of the results I'm seeing are for electric clocks you can buy, which I suspect is counter to the point.
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