It started when he was 10 years old.
He took his dad's trench coat and made it into a monkey.
No body shoved the materials into his hand
and asked him making a puppet. He just did it .
His mom taught him to use the sewing machine.
His dad helped him to build the puppet stage.
His mom called Kermit Love, the man who built puppets for Jim Henson,
telling him about her son who was into puppetry.
During a high school trip to NYC, Kevin Clash met him.
Later, Kermit Love introduced him to Jim Henson, who brought him to Sesame Street.
One interviewee in "Being Elmo" said that Elmo is not Kevin Clash.
Elmo is Kevin's mom and dad combined.
Elmo represents love, said Kevin.
In mastering something.. was it training or talent ?
In Being Elmo, I saw that Kevin Clash initiated everything himself.
He did not take a course in puppetry when he was small.
He was basically self taught. His mom and dad helped him.
His passion is the key. Because of his passion , he was devoted to mastering the puppetry.
Of course not everybody could be Kevin Clash. Not everybody has that much talent.
Should somebody who has a little talent or a medium amount of talent,
ignored their passion because they could not make it to the top ? I hope not...
For someone who could not be a professional dancer in NYC,
there is a teaching position in a kid's dancing school
For someone who could not paint mural like Diego Rivera ,
there is always a child's bedroom wall to paint
For someone ( like myself ) who could not have their writing published,
there is a blog to write
For someone who could not make it into American Idols,
there is a church stage to sing...
I think fame is not worthy to pursue but passion is.
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