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As a puppeteer, I make puppets as well. I build my own puppets. I perform.

作为一个木偶师，我也制作木偶。我自己做木偶，自己表演。

If it's my own production, then I have to write the story.

如果是我自己的作品，那我就得写故事了。

People love puppeteers. Whenever I tell people, people ask me, "What do you do?"

人们喜欢木偶师。每当我和别人交流时，他们就会问我：“你是做什么的？”

I say, "I'm a puppeteer." And everybody's first reaction, "Oh."

我说“我是个木偶师。”他们的第一反应都是“哇。”

Puppetry is such a magical art form because it brings things to life just by moving it.

木偶戏是一种神奇的艺术形式，因为它仅仅通过动作就能赋予木偶生命。

And the reason why it's so magical, it not only depends on my own imagination, but it also depends on audience's imagination,

木偶戏的神奇之处，不仅取决于我自己的想象力，也取决于观众的想象力。

because if I am moving these things and then as if this is moving by itself,

因为如果我操纵木偶，就好像是它们自己在动，

but as the audience, I am using my imagination when I move it because I'm looking at you.

但作为观众，我在操纵木偶时运用了想象力，因为我必须看着观众。

I'm looking at myself, but the trick is the audience, they have to invest their own imagi