Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:26:04 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Ideas: Universal Library of Knowledge


There is another term "Zeitgeist" (sp?) Which suggests that at any
moment in a culture, there are ideas of themes laying in the
subconcious of the whole culture that many artists, ect will tap into,
The results suggest that those creators put their head together first.
 They are ideas ripe for tapping into.  It is like a hot spot bubbling
up from the depths.  When I created my Turtle Island tales show which
used shadow and slide projectors and was funded by the Henson
foundation.  That year Tears of joy had a Native American tales show
with shadow and slide projectors and was funded by the Henson
foundation and neither of us had spoken to each other about it.  The
Zeitgeist idea is intrigueing.  There are obvious influences like new
technologies hanging like ripe fruit and ideas brewing in the
collective unconcious or even below the surface in the popular
culture.  Carl Jung said he could see the seeds of the German third
Reich rising from the depths in the dream symbols of psychiatric
patients in Eastern Europe in the early 30's. These archetypes can
rise out of a whole culture.  I'm sure he would have something to say
about our present situation if he were around.  Like maybe  greedy
wall street guys unconciously undid our economic system to save the
planet from global warming.  The paradigm of our culture has certainly
hit a ditch and is seemingly crumbling in several ways perhaps to make
room for the next cycle.  Change is definitely in the Zeitgiest.  So
it will be interesting to see what bubbles up in our creative work in
this time.  Have any interesting dreams lately?
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 7:56 AM,  <puppetpro-AT-aol.com> wrote:
> I think the ideas to which you are referring are :  1. synchronicity   and/or,   2. collective unconscious.
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> From: Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
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> Subject: [Puptcrit] Ideas: Universal Library of Knowledge
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> I'm talking about some form of repository of knowledge and ideas to be
> developped, that most of us have access to, if we are predisposed or work
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> THis might explain how many inventions were invented simultaneously by
> diffrent people. Or how monkeys from one place start washing potatoes, and
> the techniques gets picked up almost immediately by some others on the other
> side of a sea.   Or how an idea, if kept too long a secret and undevelopped,
> gets passed on, like magic to someone who will do something about it.
> When it's time to come out, it makes its way to the surface!
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> It's been discussed by philosophers and other scientists for a long time.
> I'm very curious about that topic.
> I think it would make a great starting point for many puppet shows.
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> Anybody care to share recommended readings, images, shows about it?
> Thanks!
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> I think kids have an easier access to the Universal Library of Knowledge (it
> has other names, I'm sure).
> How many among us have invented things that were already on the market?
> I believe we just had to figure things out, somehow. The fact that someone
> else has thought
> about it before doesn't take away the merit of figuring
> things out,  if we really came up with it, without knowing about previous
> versions. I remember coming up with the 3 ski sleigh. Showing it to my
> father, he laughed, and showed me the store catalogue. The sleighs had been
> on the market for maybe a year. No praise for my figuring things out (with
> sketches and explanations). Some parents are so clueless sometimes!
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> But I digress.
> Must be the bed calling, it dulls the mind.
> Or is it the other way around???
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