A puppet can hold up a mirror or open the door to a whole new world. Its unfettered use of exaggeration can push boundaries and buttons. Often beautiful, often disturbing, puppets are the pure products of the human psyche. The puppet is an essence and an emphasis. For only in this way does a puppet begin to reflect the truth.
Some participants come with nothing more than a stick, a potato and an old dishrag.
For me, it's about allowing an inanimate object's desire to be alive come through me. Even a spoon can come alive and express itself by dancing. I feel more like I'm their servant. The glittery-eyed, mustachioed Indonesian rod puppet comes alive in her hand as she whispers a rhythm. It's not like that in the rest of the world.