Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:53:25 -0500
From: Mathieu <uubald-AT-magma.ca>
Subject: PUPT: Puppetry VS or with Money?


I couldn't have put it as good as Preston did (message below).

I spent more money in the past buying art supplies and books, just for fun
and learning, than for anything else. Today, I'm still buying supplies, and
all my efforts are towards working in puppetry, NO MATTER WHAT. The costs,
the time, the hardships don't matter as much when I see the results.

If I did it solely for money, I wouldn't love it as much.
Don't get me wrong, I think money is a great commodity, and I don't believe
it is evil in itself (that's one kind of anthropomorphy I don't go into).
What is evil or just wrong, is obsessing over money, destroying your life
by neglecting all the greatest aspects of it trying to get more and more
"power".

Yes, I work in puppetry for the love of it. For the joy and satisfaction it
brings me. Because I feel people need to be inspired, entertained,
challenged.
And yes, I want to make a good living out of doing what I love.

-Mathieu



>I really didn't want to get into this discusssion but....Oh my God!  You're
>so right.  And I've been so wrong.  I've seen the light.
>
>Let's do away with all off-broadway, fringe, and experimental theatre that
>doesn't make any money.  Not to mention experimental films and
>documentaries, they never make any money.  While we're at it, let's get rid
>of opera, ballet, and orchestras.  None of them are surviving off ticket
>sales.  And museums and zoos, the gate's not paying all of their costs,
>either.  And that Van Gogh, what a hack!  Never sold a painting in his
>lifetime.  Let's all cater to the lowest common denominator all the time in
>order to make the most amount of money.  To heck with "art" and, god forbid,
>"fun".
>
>And while we're at it, I have a few recipes for serving up poor children as
>entrees for the dinner table, to get rid of that problem as well.
>
>Preston
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Youngdahl" <daveyoungdahl-AT-earthlink.net>
>To: "puptcrit" <puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 11:55 AM
>Subject: PUPT: Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 11:30:16 -0400
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>> >Bottom line is THE BOTTOM LINE: Does it
>> >entertain, thrill, challenge,
>> >educate or fulfill some other purpose? Does it
>> >SELL and is it worthy of an
>> >audience's time???? So regardless of what
>> >you call it for marketing purposes, it
>> >should be of highest quality that you can
>> >provide...Jim Gamble
>>
>> THIS is why Jim Gamble makes money at this while so many of us make "art"
>> or "fun"
>>
>> He THINKS right.
>> if you live in a capitalistic society, then what you make HAS TO have a
>> paying audience, or you haven't DONE anything at all...
>>
>> David Youngdahl
>> daveyoungdahl-AT-earthlink.net
>>
>>
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Always seeking new opportunities!
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