Puppet Presentation

The professor from CalState San Bernadino is incredibly funny. And she's so amazing at manipulating the puppets. The big floppy blue one looked exactly like how the ones on TV look and act. I was so intrigued. The cat one creeps me out though. It just looks scary. Especially the eyes. Definitely the eyes. But it's awesome how she made all of these herself. Of course, I loved the Nerf balls covered in cloth on a stick. There's so much thought put into a simple movement that people would just do normally. Puppeteers are so amazing. Instead of my Nerf ball doing what it was supposed to, I tended to do the movement instead even though I didn't need to move at all. And then my Nerf ball looked strangely spastic. Especially making him act all ninja; I could not do that at all. The detail put into making your hand talk like a mouth is also so interesting. Did not ever realize that our mouths speak in syllables. If she hadn't told us, I would've just opened and closed my hand whenever I started a new word. And the whole throwing thing or whatever to make moving the thumb joint easier, never would have noticed or thought of it. Actually, I don't think I'd even realize that only the THUMB is supposed to move. I move my entire hand. But now that I think about it, it really is only our jaw that moves. Wow, learning new things every day.