A Few Goals

To keep the puppet vibe alive I think I should have a few goals.  One goal that I have been working on is adding the contact information I gathered at the puppet festival to my e-mail and social network accounts.  And I have joined Puppet Hub.  A social network for puppeteers.  I am not sure how to navigate the site yet but I am now an official member.  Another goal is to join professional organizations.  I am a new member of Puppeteers of America.  Why not join the international organization too?  That seems to me to be a logical goal.  Now yesterday I found myself at The Cleveland Zoo.  And I bought a Koala puppet and a koala mask.  So how about a puppet related goal for my newest acquisitions?  Maybe a short video is in order?

And so it begins ...

Hi.  I am Paul.  I just got back from my first national puppetry festival.  It was in Atlanta.  I had a blast!  I decided that a blog would help me keep up the energy and momentum created by attending such an event.

I want to say a few words about the title of this blog.  PUPPET WARLORD is meant to be a fun term. I know that in this day and age warlords do exist and are sometimes perpetrators of horrendous crimes.  The reason for my use of the term stems from reading science fiction adventure stories.  In my youth I enjoyed reading the John Carter of Mars books by Edger Rice Burroughs.(SP?)  The same guy who created Tarzan.  John Carter was an Earth man.  He finds himself transported to Mars.  On this alien world he finds himself having all kinds of adventures.  Many of them relying on his skills as a swordsman.  Eventually he is bestowed the title of Warlord Of Mars.  And I thought it was a cool.  To be the warlord of a planet.  I still think it is cool.  Flash Gordon on Mongo, John Carter on Mars, Tarzan in the jungles of Africa and many other literary heroes.  So I decided to take the title of Puppet Warlord for myself as I begin my adventure in puppetry.  Puppetry is a strange and alien world to me.  Objects talk and move in this world.  Skilled story tellers and powerful shaman entertain and transform you.  I am new here.  But I dream big.  I want to learn more.  I want to experience more.  I want to do more.  I want to improve my skills.  I want to unleash that fearless puppet warrior that lies inside me.  I want to become the puppet warlord of my puppet world.  I don't want to destroy or harm others.  I want a wonderful journey of discovery and self discovery in the field of puppets.  And I hope to play and have fun with my friends that share the joy and magic of puppets and puppetry. -Paul the Puppet Warlord