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"Month: September 2012"

Airport Clown. flying post 9/11. 9.19.2001

I wrote the following piece after the experience I had at SFO (San Francisco International Airport) on September 19th getting ready to fly to Europe.... I pop on my clown nose as the security guard...

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Cameraman (+ Dog) @ Rhythmix Cultural Works

A most generous dose of visual delight awaits at the Rhythmix Cultural Center over on the island of Alameda in the east bay (CA).  Beyond the great photos by 4 artists (see their website for more) Artists Ed Holmes and Marc Ribaud have created a most stunning...

Team Training. The Right Kind of Funny!

A few weeks ago (2016) , the New York Times magazine published an article about what Google learned from its quest— code-named Project Aristotle— to build the perfect team. As a consulting team trainer at one of Silicon Valley’s major companies the past 8 months, I...

Levitas Gravitas

As someone whose job it is to inject levity and lightness into the world, I am aware of the good it can bring. I am also aware of how vital it is that this levity be connected to the concerns of people and not some type of frivolous exercise in empty laughter. These...

Chiapas.98. Clowns Without Borders Report

Acteal Abejas. 1998. December 31st, 2019. San Francisco This photo just popped up in a bit of 'last day of the decade' clutter removal.  It's one I took in Acteal, Chiapas, Mexico, in the middle of a solo Clowns Without Borders tour doing shows to relieve tensions...

More ‘Being’ , Less ‘Doing’

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” ~ Albert Einstein Not so long ago I came across this quote in an article by Vince Gowman titled “The Right...

Not-Knowing-Where the Magic Happens

A while back I saw a graphic on the back of a sweatshirt that really caught my attention. It was very simple, two circles, a big one, with a smaller one hovering above as if in orbit around the mother ship. Inside the big circle were the words “Your comfort zone“ and...

The Immediacy of Play

"The Right Brain Develops First ~ Why Play is the Foundation for Academic Learning" I stumbled across this wonderful article by Vince Gowman this morning, still a bit jet lagged state, just home from teaching workshops in Germany.  Play happens to be on my mind as at...

Being (Not Thinking) Outside the Box

Lately I’ve been musing about the expression “Thinking outside the box” as it seems that expression is totally wrong-you can’t think your self out of a box!! A little research brought me to several web pages that discuss this concept. Here is one definition: ...