They say the world weighs heavy
on the arms of a puppeteer…
A maniac… Trapped in a world of suffocating felt. Lancing needles. Boiling hot glue. Rotting in lament… Endlessly tormented by visions of silly hand gestures. Despised… Isolated… Tossed out from society.
“Too silly.”
“Booo!” (angry, not scary)
“It just doesn’t really work for this project & I hate you.”
-is what I imagine they’d say if I dared to pitch a puppet idea.
I’d been thinking about puppets for like a week. There was no way I could tell anyone… It was my secret… Until.
The Blender assignment! Our assigned “things” were:
- Suzy The Chronically Late Bus Driver
- A Portal
- “Hast’ thou slain the Jabberwok?”
My team was me, Sana Mills, and Cedar Nabinger. Sana and I had worked together before. Our previous venture into the “Kombucha For Gamers” market was so successful that the success transformed into a blanket of calming energy. Softly wrapping around me. Protecting me from the shame only a puppeteer knows. Draped in success… I revealed my dark secret.
She was super cool and liked the idea. Cedar had strep throat.
Once cedar healed, we had the best team. They were both very supportive and trusting of my ideas. I was feeling very inspired by The Muppets, also Jonni Peppers’ animated films.
To the teams horror, everything came together. Sana’s backdrops were stunning, Cedars shots were beautiful, My puppets were silly, & the script was written! Dan Barber was an absolute darling & gave us an amazing performance with very little prep or notice.
Overall the blender was a lot of fun! It felt really nice to toil over something silly and personal.
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