From: "Dave Goboff" <davego167-AT-hotmail.com>
To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Is this a sad thing,
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:08:49 -0400


Liz
>>From: Liz Evans <Liz-AT-Etherboy.com>
>>Snip
>>It is unfortunate that all puppeteer are not of a mind, or of a financial 
>>situation to sell their shows
>>or donate their shows to other puppeteers when they retire, but I can 
>>hardly condemn someone
>>for trying to make some money on their own product when they retire, we 
>>all know how
>>difficult a living this industry is, and they may not have a lot to retire 
>>on.

I'm sorry if my email I sent out sounded like a condemnation.  It was not.  
I too have a few puppets (not whole shows) that have been passed on to me.  
I think it is sad that the show and puppets part from their creator but a 
good future thing that they'll continue to be used.  I thought about things 
like that as I wandered through the exhibit at the Festival.  It was 
wonderful to look at the puppets there, but I wondered if they were also 
used for performance from time to time.  I'd like to think that they are.

Do you think the puppets and the shows that you've adopted will one day feel 
like your own?  I've used other people's puppets in performance and have had 
mixed feelings about giving them back.  Then again it isn't like my 
creations are so well treated.  They end up here and there, scattered around 
the house and at times even recycled into other creations.

The asking price seems reasonable to me, considering that everything must 
have been hand made over a period of years.  I too hope that they find good 
homes and continued usage.

Dave Goboff


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