File puptcrit/puptcrit.0903, message 424


From: "William Hennes" <williamhennes-AT-charter.net>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:44:06 -0700
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Copyright question


>Forgive me, but if there's one thing that's wrong with the western
>puppetry community it's the insistence that a puppeteer can do it all.
>It takes training to write in the same way that it takes training to
>build a puppet.  Yes, there are some folks who can write, direct, act,
>design and build but those are the exceptions.

Mary on the whole I would agree with you, however it has been my experience 
that most puppeteers are Jack or Jill's of all trades.  They almost have to 
become that way or do they?  I would extend your point to say, how many us 
fix our own home repairs?  How many us build a web site with out hiring a 
professional web person to do so?  How many create they own animations and 
graphics? How many change their own flat tire, with out hiring a tow truck 
driver? And so on.  Ok, and here is the big one, how many think that 
knowledge should be free?  I would dare say these are not just Western 
thoughts.  I think they are human.  I would ask that each one of to reflect 
on one point. Do we horde our needs?  Or do we reach out an support each 
other and the community by trading in skills or monetary value?  I think we 
have become our own survivalist as if we where living on the frontier.  We 
say, "I must do it all myself."  Instead of saying, "I need the help of 
others."


Just some rambling thoughts,

William




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