For those of you following the news of scary clowns in the Carolinas, you can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as the WXII.12 news reports: Winston-Salem police said Friday that they...
Scary Clowns Part 2. It was all a hoax!
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Constructive/Destructive Humor
You wish to share a joke, a remark, expecting/hoping for laughter. Sometimes though your intent backfires, and you find yourself in a bit of a pickle….How to know when is the right time? When is the joke a good joke?
“As long as the humor is not destructive” the woman explaine
In parts of Argentina, Clowns in Children’s hospitals is a law.
Yes it's a law in Argentina that Children's Hospitals must employ clowns. I'm posting here to link the reader to this great article (on the Next City website written by M. Sophia Newman. It's ...
Clown + Zen. Listening and Connection. Conversations with Egyoku
This conversation with Roshi Egyoku took place during my six weeks (Jan-Feb 2007) as an artist in residence at the Zen center of Los Angeles. A few times a week, we would sit down for a half hour...
Links to Articles on Sacred Clown.
Sacred Clown, sometimes called Ritual Clown, is a name given to clown traditions coming from deep community amongst indigenous populations. Great crazy wisdom has been handed down over centuries...
Egyoku on Sacred Clown. JUST Human!
The deeper I delve into clown from the teaching side, the greater the desire to put a finger on this word clown, what and all it represents. This has led me to explore the traditions of the sacred...
Clowns Without Borders Myanmar 2009
These photos are from the international Clowns Without Borders project in Myanmar in 2009. We focused on reaching children and their families in the Delta recovering from the Nargis Cyclone....
The Selk’nam Sacred Clowns.Tierra del Fuego
Could this man really represent yet another tradition of sacred clown. I'm always on the lookout for references, especially since my experience with the Hoxua at the Anjos Do Picadeiro festival in...
airport bound to Minamisoma
airport bound fukushima minamisoma destination from splendor to devastation? on the way to the airport a cow quartet lush grass banquet white and black easy eating repose green grass mouths diamond...
On Clown, Zen and Sponaneity
Perhaps you are already aware that 15 years ago, Roshi Bernie Glassman, Zen master, started studying clown with me. Up to that point, all my students were performers. Bernie’s intent was not to...