"The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me"

Recently,  Steve Whitmire, one of the original muppet performers, was fired for disagreeing with how the Muppets were being portrayed by Disney and its executives. And this whole botched decision by The Mouse to let Steve go has got me thinking again about something I love doing but never seem to have the ability to eek out the time to work on.

I have such a great respect for Steve and anyone who worked with Jim Henson in bringing cloth and foam to life. And for me, puppetry is a great way to create some amazing characters. I find that I have an aptitude and that, if trained up, I could be really good at it. 

Sadly, I see no such training in my immediate future. Not with having a son and having no financial means to travel to where I could learn from people in the industry. Oh, I glean as much as I can from watching performances and searching the web for any tidbit of information I can find, but it's just not the same as being able to sit down with the masters and absorb their knowledge and experience.