From: Ed Atkeson <edatkeson-AT-earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:16:47 -0400 To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] dreams >>> That idea of motion is really wonderful -- what a way to get an idea for a piece! Of course your memory of that is strong enough to dictate your choices -- as any actor would. Cool. Is the show videotaped? ------------------------------- Rolande, Usually I enjoy my dreams, they're good for a laugh but can't really translate them into anything. In this case though... There is a tape of an early work-in-progress version, but a small film company wants to make a DVD of the piece so by midsummer there will be a good video. thanks, Ed -------------------------------- On Apr 8, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Ed Atkeson wrote: >>>> Question for a new topic: >>>> > > How have your dreams affected your work in puppetry? > > (Those dreams which happen during sleep, that is) > > Rolande > ------------------------ > Nice question. > > One of the shows I made recently is largely taken from a recurring > dream, or terrifying nightmare, that I remember from my childhood. > > In the dream I am in a whirling cylinder that is rotating at a > zillion miles an hour and sometimes seems like it's about to get off > balance and wreck somehow, killing me. My job is to keep the motion > smoothed out and I don't know how. I try to make it happen ... > somehow... by thinking or not thinking, a certain position, there is > something that I can do without knowing quite what, that will keep it > steady and I try to do that. > > In "The Man at the Controls" the puppet has the lever of a machine > that is roaring and wobbling (it has a washing machine motor inside > with an eccentric weight) and he tries to keep it quieted down. It's > rigged so that I can make the machine thing make different noises and > seem like it's going to wreck or explode or whatever, and the puppets > job is to hold the lever just right. > > It's coming from a strongly remembered dream feeling. > best, > Ed A > _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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