I was generating a lot of parts, a lot of mechanisms and skins, and a lot of really organic by-products, formed pieces that looked like fleshy things. Now it's all broken and dead, and it looks better then ever. When they mix in a good way, it can be very powerful. Puppets are able to make political and social issues more palatable then just going up to someone with a petition, which causes people to shut off. But if you approach someone with a giant puppet, they really open up and respond.
Puppets are important.
Besides, since 1980, most of the presidential candidates have been puppets. It has garnered top prizes in the Santa Cruz Parade carnival two years in a row for best theme and best float and has also recently been awarded a grant from the Doug Rand Action Fund for tools to build bigger and better puppets. Some of them are sacrificial puppets. We send them out to be arrested. Some were considered threats at the Republican convention, so the police impounded them.