At the "Change Your Mind" festival in Oosterpark in Amsterdam last weekend, a group of Tibetan monks created a Sand Mandala and then swept it away. I arrived late afternoon and caught the...
Sand Mandela.Swept Away
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Clown Ritual @Buddha’s Birthday 2011 Celebration at Zen Center Los Angeles
This was the 6th year of clowns conspiring to celebrate the Buddha's Birthday at the Zen Center following the traditional ritual of offering flowers and pouring sweet tea over Baby Buddha. Many...
Link to article: Heyoka: A Man Taller than his Shadow
A very powerful look at the role of Heyoka (sacred clown) in community in the Native American Times. ©2011 By Wambli Sina Win, J.D. From the south, up above, a threatening mass of dark thunderclouds...
Henry Miller on Clown
“A clown is a poet in action. He is the story which he enacts. The clown teaches us to laugh at ourselves. Joy is like a river: it flows ceaselessly. It seems to me that this is the message which...
Birdmen or Clowns ? Museo d’Oro Bogota
I was inspired by a recent visit to the Gold museum in Bogota, a truly amazing collection of artifacts from history. Paticularly intriguing were the bird-men displayed. Most of them had...
Words about Clown. Ricardo Puccetti, Lume Teatro.Brazil
ShortInterview about Clown with Ricardo Puccetti (Lume Teatro/Brazil) Moshe: What is clown Ricardo: I think it is very difficult to put into words but for me: I feel that I am clowning when all my...
Crazy Wisdom. Clown Lessons from Wes Scoop Nisker
Crazy Wisdom Lessons from Wes Scoop Nisker Wes Scoop Nisker’s The Essential Crazy Wisdom is an incredible vision of extensive grocking of the crazy wisdom emanating from this planet’s cultures. I am...
Chaplin’s Favorite Clown
A post to redirect your attention to an article in today's (Oct 5, 2010) Guardian about the great comic Sir Norman Wisdom, who just passed away. The article follows his career with a collection of...
CWB, back in Haiti, 2010
Clowns Without Borders (USA) has returned to Haiti (Sept. 4-25, 2010) ...working with Terres Des Hommes to workshops and collaborative performances with local youth in Grand Goave and Les Cayes. ...
Human Pyramids: “Castels” in Catalonia
Human Pyramids !! In Catalonia, one of the great traditions are the Castellars, the clubs in many towns that sport teams who climb towards the sky. I have been so lucky to witness these teams in...