No, ACTUALIZED DREAMS. :D I'm on a bigger kick than usual. Why?
I visited the Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image. Yes, I know--Jen, why didn't you see this in July? Jen, you did the Sloane Readings there--why didn't you go then? Well, it was snowing. But it all worked out, you see, because I went with 2 good friends on a day that they were screening *ALL 3 MAJOR '80s MUPPET MOVIES* in their theater!
But what this really boils down to is the last point, here. This incredible exhibit hosts a plethora of not only Muppets and Muppet artifacts; what I found most compelling, actually, is all of Henson's WRITTEN NOTES, storyboards and proposals. You guys, he proposed and pitched The Muppet Show for SIX. TEEN. YEARS. Before it got accepted. He proposed, pitched and designed all his ideas--and he was rife with them! There are cover sheets for proposals that are sketched, doodled, and colored with markers, not printed from a machine. (Your point, Jen?) Jim Henson is passion and drive, personified.
And as an only child, I was literally SUBMERGED in almost 100% Henson--Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, the Muppet films, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, Mother Goose Stories, Hey Cinderella!, The Frog Prince, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal... My only other entertainment was My Little Ponies and Care Bears, so it was nearly all-Henson, all the time.
It hit me like an anvil--the biggest reason that I possess all this drive and passion is *because* of Jim Henson!
I always knew my tie to him was strong, but for him to be the crux of my life's mission statement? What an incredible, inspirational man. He always knew he was born to create and share this world of whimsy, and his vision never faltered. AND--he DREW to him a dream team of like-minded geniuses. I shall not fail you, sir!
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Jen
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