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puppetmaker) wrote2005-02-25 09:24 am
puppetmaker) wrote2005-02-25 09:24 am
Ten things I have done that you probably haven’t
1. Had Harlan Ellison as the best man at my wedding
2. Ask Christopher Reeves to go warm-up somewhere else
3. “Freaked out” (his words) Clive Barker with a Puppet
4. Managed to make Jim Henson’s mouth drop when I asked him a question at a World Con.
5. Maintained a Mystic from Dark Crystal at a museum (His name is UrAc)
6. Gave birth to Caroline
7. Built an entire set of hand and rod puppets based on the Dr. Who actors and gave two of the puppets to the actors who played the role.
8. Had Neil Gaiman paraphrase something I told him in a graphic novel
9. Gave Terry Brooks a nickname that he liked
10. Edited a Star Wars novel and a Star Trek novel in the same month
2. Ask Christopher Reeves to go warm-up somewhere else
3. “Freaked out” (his words) Clive Barker with a Puppet
4. Managed to make Jim Henson’s mouth drop when I asked him a question at a World Con.
5. Maintained a Mystic from Dark Crystal at a museum (His name is UrAc)
6. Gave birth to Caroline
7. Built an entire set of hand and rod puppets based on the Dr. Who actors and gave two of the puppets to the actors who played the role.
8. Had Neil Gaiman paraphrase something I told him in a graphic novel
9. Gave Terry Brooks a nickname that he liked
10. Edited a Star Wars novel and a Star Trek novel in the same month
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The nice thing is that this is only the beginning of the rest of my life....
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Hey, hey! That's cheating! If we allow that, then I get to use "Gave birth to Elayna".
4. What was the question?
8. What did you tell him?
-- curious 'song
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The question to Jim was "Whatever happened to "The Tales of the Tinkerdee"? Which he had never been asked about and ws amazed that someone he didn't know knew about it. He tracked me down later and asked how I knew about it. After that I just had to say "Tinkerdee" and he knew who I was.
What I told Neil can be found in the Tragic Tale of Mr. Punch. It came from a dicussion about puppets and how they "come to life".
From the book
"I slid the puppet onto my left hand and it came to life.
I'm not talking about anything fantastical here. You can try it yourself-find a hand-puppet. slide it onto your arm. flex your hand. move your fingers. And somehow, in the cold space between one moment and the next, the puppet becomes alive."
Neil told me that a version of that stuck in his head for the longest time after I told it to him.
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I hope you don't mind my posting a comment; I love to make dolls and puppets and I noticed your comments on Jim Henson (and pictures from Labyrinth). You have a very interesting journal. :) I wish I could have met Mr. Henson, but he died when I was only fourteen years old.
~Princess Magpie
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Jim was one of the greats that made and continues to make our world a little better.
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You're welcome. :)
At least I have a lifetime of inspiration left, even though Jim Henson is gone. I always loved the Muppets, but I particularly admired Henson's ability to create realistic animatronic creatures, such as the ones in Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, and The Storyteller.