After losing my second „Kleines Bleibgesund“ nose from HumorKolleg's Nasenwerstat, I decided to embark on a make my own nose making adventure. The great thing about the Belibgesund is the little magnet on the inside that allows you to 'glue it' to your facemask using...
It's Rosh Hashanah morning and here i find myself in Warsaw, and instead of going to synagogue, I am getting ready to go to a Ukrainian school to do a show. Of course I made this decision a while back, a few month ago when it was clear that I would be in Europe for...
Hi there fellow healthcare clowns and clown nose afficionados! As the peri-pandemic stretches out, are you wishing for a better way to stick a nose on top of your facemask? A nose that you can transfer to a new mask when needed? As clowning while wearing facemasks...
https://youtu.be/5KYsaBoKoBg The Dance of Life The Dance of Life is a ritual dance to the 4 directions was taught to me at Camp Winnarainbow by Txi Whiz in 1984. The essence of the dance is to face each direction, starting first with the East, then South, then West,...
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...
"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...
This is a reprint of a blog post written for the Clowns Without Borders project in March, 2019Posted on: March 15, 2019 by Moshe Cohen | Project: Guatemala Workshop Tour Clowns Without Borders USA founder Moshe Cohen is in Guatemala leading workshops for social...
I had the good fortune to be in Paris when the movie "Chocolat" came out last February (2016), which portrays the famous turn of the century clown duo Chocolat et Foottit. To celebrate the release, there was an exhibit on the duo at the Maison des Metallos. here are a...
Not long ago I wrote a post on constructive versus destructive humor focusing in on if the humor was at someone’s expense or globally uplifting. This was before the whole creepy clown phenomenon exploded into the mediascape, internet waves telegraphing the concept to...