In Remembrance of Jim Henson

18 years ago I was finishing up my MFA at the YSD. I had a job lined up at the Williamstown Theater festival which started shortly after I graduated. I was doing my last work study as stage crew for "Pygmalion" at the Rep. It was a Wednesday and we had a matinee for school kids. I can remember standing in the green room and hearing the news. I went up to the deck and had a good cry. Various people who knew how much Jim meant to me came up and checked on me.

During the memorial service they read a letter that Jim wrote before he died to be opened and read after his death. The line I will always remember was

Please watch out for each other. Love and forgive everybody. It's a good life. Enjoy it.

I walked out of that service feeling better about my self and the world. Jim may have passed but I knew that his legacy would live on into the ages. And since then I have been trying to be an ambassador for puppets and puppetry. I have tried to educate people about puppets and what they can do. I have taught adults and children. I have created a bunch of people who know how to operate a basic hand and rod puppet. I am trying to pass on my love of puppetry to another generation who won't know a time when Jim Henson was alive.

I have met a lot of people through my love of all things Henson. I have made some serious friends through my work in puppetry. Puppetry has been my touchstone for as long as I can remember and Jim Henson made it shine for me in ways I never thought about.

We still miss you Jim and we honor your memory with our work.

I am grateful that I have people I can talk to about Jim who get the same far away look in their eyes when talking about him and his work.

First Teaser trailer for Dollhouse

See Eliza Dushku not wear much

I know in my heart of hearts that it is going be canceled but until then I am so there.