Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 00:07:41 -0400
From: Joe <joe-AT-dunfee.com>
Subject: Re: PUPT: Careers in puppetry?


  I made a brief stint attempting to make a career out of puppet building
for video.  Actually got a reasonable start, but it wasn't long before I
discovered that I am not the right kind of person for that.  The main work
is just getting the work... not puppet making itself.

  I also wasn't really driven to perform and certainly was not a "life of
the party" kind of entertainer to go that direction.  And again, "the main
work is just getting the work".

  Finally, I also realized that I like the fact of a 40-hr week job, with a
regular pay check and benefits.  So, puppetry became a serious hobby, and
not a profession.

  Puppetry is also the kind of job which can start small while you still
have a "real" job. Then it can grow as opportunity arises (or your ambition
and work causes it to grow).

Joe Dunfee  joe-AT-dunfee.com
Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.



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