I have a new idea for a puppet show to share today, I've been giving it a lot of thought over the weekend. Hopefully I can tie together a few themes within it.

I'd like to create a story that explores what it is like to be a creative person. To attempt to generate understanding of how it can be hard to focus on everyday routines and responsibilities when there are stimulating distractions everywhere and one is easily carried off by an ideas and images. It would also be interesting to explore the stop-start nature of creative flow and the effect that can have on how you feel and behave.

The story as it stands revolves around a character with exceptional hearing. She is able to detect the tiniest of sounds and will interpret each new sound imaginatively and creatively. Naturally those around her, who hear nothing, dismiss her pondering and try to shift her focus back to more important things like school/ work/ society ect. The things one must learn to engage with in order to live a normal life.

 Later in the story she builds a costume which generates a variety of strange and interesting sounds. This allows her to explore her talents and follow her ideas, but ultimately distances her from those around her, and she is soon lost dancing in the forest by herself.

This morning I recorded an audio blog about the idea which goes into more detail and has a few bits of music I think might help connect the story together.

Here is a link to the audio blog on soundcloud:
http://soundcloud.com/joelcalvert-1/audio-blog-jan12th-2014

I have also done some drawings of the character in her music suit and have begun assembling a puppet to try out some ideas.