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In the autumn of 1977. Vlasta Pokrivka made a puppet called The Moon. Gold-coloured head, yellow silk, shimmering threads, silver ribbon, three sticks and a few small details: that's all this puppet made of. The simplest expression of a stick puppet. Despite its simplicity, The Moon is extremely expressive and full of energy on stage.
In their first contact with The Moon, children and adults alike showed unusually deep and strong emotions. The impressions were positive and very satisfying. Very few people reacted with fear or aversion.
The creator of The Moon organised encounters at her own school, before moving on to other schools and faculties, children's gatherings, scientific meetings… But each encounter was personal and individual, in the name of research. |
The Moon and later The Queen of Peace (research has also been carried out with this puppet) illustrate the essence of puppetry - the beautiful, poetic act of bringing life to inanimate materials through the hands of the actor-puppeteer. Vlasta Pokrivka collected 20,000 notes on the subject, which shows the extent of her research! Notes from children or grown-ups who were touched with this phenomenon. And many psychologists, priests, medical doctors and artists took part in the experiment.
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And The Moon has inspired many poems, and even books!
Nada Zidar-Bogadi, a writer working in the Department of Education in Zagreb, wrote a collection of poems for children entitled "The son of the Moon", followed by a set of haiku-poems, "Never closer to the Moon". The writer Tin Kolumbic wrote two stories, "The Moon visited me" and "The story of the house". Maja Gjerek-Lovrekovic, was inspired to write a book of spiritual poems, "The map of the Moon", and a series of children's stories, while Vesna Krmpotic wrote a psychological-poetic-philosophical study entitled "This is love that is coming to us". And Marija Dabic wrote a collection of spiritual poems, "The look of the Master". |
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