in the world of puppetry, there's a surreptitious practice whispered among the great puppeteers, an unspoken rule that to truly master the art, one must learn to reject the obvious strings and controls, moving above the basic techniques. it's about turning off the notifications of doubt and fear, to start from square one with your puppet, guiding it as if it were moving on its own, breathing life into the inanimate through hidden gestures and unseen cues.