#puppets

In her dance, she controlled the bright paper birds with invisible wires and threads. She played the human: heavy, tied to earth. Her dances weren't pretty or delightful, but they were magical, [...] They called her a dancer and a puppeteer and an artist. They might have called her a witch, and not the good kind either. ↗

— Katherine Catmull

---

#birds #dances #dancing #human #magic

When I was a kid, I never saw a puppet show. I never played with puppets or had any interest in them. ↗

— Jim Henson

---

#had #i #interest #kid #never

As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets. ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

---

#could #defeated #just #long #muslims