I'm always on the lookout for insight into the world of clowning, especially social clowning. So I was delighted to discover a little while back a series of essays in the Quebeqois Zine Les Cahiers...
If you are interested in the clown traditions of indigenous cultures, you will find filmmaker Jethro Massey's blog (The great clown hunt... there are nine entries in Nov-Dec) extremely interesting....
story:Moshe Cohen. photos. Phillipe Martinez. Mitrovica, Kosovo Thursday November 9, 2000 The security precautions on this trip are: Do not talk Albanian to the Serbs, or Serbian to the Albanian...
Day 4 The afternoon show is in Zona 18 on a flat soccer field, not quite as dusty as yesterdays' railroad tracks. Its our first full group show due to transportation backups in Livingston where the...
Guatemala City, Guatemala I would be hard pressed to describe Guatemala City fully. Pockets of wealth amongst expanses of grey. I am flying in from San Francisco to join up with a group of Catalan...
Ofunato Day 5 Japanese tradition dictates the form for our school shows and workshops, more so in the elementary schools than the child care centers. We are often received at the door by the vice...
I’ve been reading Michael Wenger’s recently published book : 49 Fingers, a collection of modern American Koans. It’s a wonderful book that includes Michael’s sumi paintings and the Koans, complete...
Every day we drive through Ofunato on the way to our performances. This is a bit of what we see. : Past the harbor Through downtown:
It's 7am of day 4...an hour to departure time, with a two hour drive ahead to 2 shows...here's some photos finally....
The contrasts are enormous. From the beauty of the deep green tree canopied mountain cliffs hovering over amazing ocean vistas to unending acres of bulldozed civilization, infinity of man made hills...