bit of Freud

Bell, John. (2008). American Puppet Modernism.Palgrave Macmillan : United States of America
Section : Playing With stuff in the material world.
Pg 5 -7

"Performing object theatre neccessiates not only a focal but also an ontological shift from humans (look at the Meyerhold and dance models) to the world of the inanimate materials. this has impliocations for the ego of the performer, forcing us to consider (even unconciously) a world in which humans are not of central importantance." this kind of thinking links Freud's dream theory.

Much of Freud's work is today considered dated or suspect, however there is no denying the influence he has had on modern psychology and personality theory. Even those who reject Freud's theories will usually accept that he has had some influence on the evolution of their own approach.

One of Freud's main themes was the amount of activity that goes on in our minds without our awareness. This resulted in his proposing the now famous model of Ego, SuperEgo, ID.

Freud was fully aware of the importance of dreams and described them as the "royal road" to understanding the unconscious. His most famous work was The Interpretation of Dreams, first published in 1899.

must be part of the reason why we like to imagine object performance as a process of bringing life to the dead objects.