W poszukiwaniu wewnętrznej harmonii
In search of inner harmony

Summary/Abstract: The author imagined a short history of parallel worlds, created by human mind in order to havethem as a model to play with and to solve human everyday problems. These worlds includevarious kinds of art such as literature, music, dance and fine art with its different forms of figuresand puppets. At the beginning figures were treated by men as small idols and gradually becamethe puppets of the puppet theatre. Among the greatest stories of human culture, Mahabharataand Birth of Jesus Christ became most popular among common people, reaching the status offolkloric presentation. Artists were also interested in figures and puppets both as an existentialmetaphor and a model for the actor. However their interest was temporary. Teachers andeducationists using puppets as therapeutic instruments allowing their prot to feel the touch oftranscendence showed more attachment to puppets as creatures on the edge of life and death.

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