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10 years ago this month, I published a video titled Memory IV. I have written about it in a couple of indirect ways over the years but never definitively.

I mean, with everything I have shared about it, I'm sure most know that Memory IV was never completed. I have spent a lot of time thinking about that.

"You have failed completely to tell the story." -V.M. Straka, Ship of Theseus.

I did try to show more of what we had filmed as the years have past, but it didn't take. That's ok. I know you may not care anymore, but it really is not about that for me. Anyways, I am happy to celebrate this video. It means a lot to me.

Here are some stills.

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This month, 15 years ago, I created my YouTube channel. The screen captures here are from my video Simulation which ended up being uploaded on my birthday that same month. Happy anniversary to me! haha.

Looking back on this makes me happy. Uploading that video meant a lot to me as it was the start to me finding my voice in Cardistry. It took me a while, a long while, but I believe that I've found it and that would not have happened had I not started.

I have more I can say on this, but I am going to save that for another time. Anyways, if you remember this video, I appreciate you!

-Jon R.

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On stage

 Snow covered the ground outside.

Students rehearsed as we watched from the seats above. The organ pipes looked beautiful and the space had a great feeling to it. However, once we got on stage, we decided it wasn't what we were after. We had tried a stage once before some years back, so maybe it was just too familiar.

Photograph by Josh Brand

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Caught up with Josh Brand during his visit to San Diego.

Photograph by Jon Ramirez

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Maydey Shoot

This is one of my originals that's quite peculiar. It has been developed over years, but was never named nor filmed. Something about it will always elude me. 

Photograph by Josh Brand

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The premiere of Remnant “Sit. Look all you like. But mind the time.” -V.M. Straka, Ship of Theseus

Filmed during my trip to Minnesota in ’15, the footage you’re seeing was originally intended to be a setting variation of performances for a tutorial series with Maydey. The tutorial series never surfaced so, I thought it would be fun to put together the performance footage as a showcase rather than just throw it away. This is, pretty much, all that remains.

-Jon R.

Music by Sigmafly

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Screen captures from ‘Remnant’.

Cinematography by Josh Brand

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The premier of Memory IV

This is a reflection of ourselves as artists in the world of Magic and Cardistry.

Filmed back in January 2015, Josh Brand and I stumbled onto an idea for a project. This video serves as a trailer for that project. Featured in the video is a different take on the Mars Argo inspired “interview” style of my Memory series. Josh and I wanted to be forward on how we felt about our respective art forms and our places in them. Unfortunately, due to my way indecisive nature, only a fraction of the idea ever got published.

-Jon R.