From: WIPuppets-AT-aol.com Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:40:21 EDT Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] The beginnings and the endings of Puppetry To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org What you may be asking is about the intention- Could Bil have been saying that it is merely a toy if we are simply amusing ourselves? That it is just an idea, a drawing or an object in a future production until all three elements come together? Is a canvas with paint on it a painting? When does it become one? When the artist declares it (debatable, but my prefered theory). Similarly, any object can be a puppet, but not every object is a puppet. It is puppet when the puppeteer says it is. (there's your deep philosophical discussion for you) Too simple? I like to tell children that they are all puppeteers because they are experts at animating inanimate objects. Their dolls, stuffed animals, trucks and cars- yet their intention is to amuse themselves, excercise their imagination. If they were performing for their friends, their intention has changed- the toy bacame a puppet. Quoting from Baird's The Art of the Puppet: "A puppet is an inanimate figure that is made to move by human effort before an audience." So, if I'm just playing around with one of my puppets for my own amusement, is it not a puppet? Or can I be both audience and manipulator? What about when I'm rehearsing a show, or just trying to figure out what a new puppet can do? Don't you all just love these deep, philosophical discussions? Brid in Toledo _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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