Lalki i flirty....

A to z historii o lalkach i flirtach w domu...


The first time I spontaneously expercienced this exercice was when I created Groucho Gloom, whom I mentioned in the Intro­duction. Groucho started out as a book that caught my attention and turned into a snapping, moody version of Groucho Marx, in book form. Groucho expressed himself further in a very long poem that went on at great length. He had a lot to say and he was deter­mined to finally say it all! I'll spare you much of the details, but here are a couple of stanzas.

Oh yes you bet I'mgrouchy
Wouldn't you Be?
If you Were stuck on a shelf
for a year or maybe three?
Squeezed between others
Smooshed so I can't take a breath
Stuffed and mildewed
Like an early, unwanted death!

You think I'm worthless
Because I'm just a book
So you stick me here for eons,
But do you know how long it took?

To create my binding,
My pages and ink?
Not to mention the brilliant
Thoughts that I think!


What meaning could Groucho have for my life? He helped support my ability to formulate theory and think things out clearly—which I am sometimes uncertain of!
I had another very interesting experience doing this exercise with "inanimate" materials. I recently learned about stop-motion animation5 in which you can take a series of still photos of a subject and play them back in a way that gives the impression that the material is moving by itself. Once I realized that it was possible to