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...
Ofunato Day 2. tsunami relief.
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Arriving in Ofunato.tsunami relief.
Back story. I have come over to Japan on a Clowns Without Borders collaboration with the Tyler Foundation's Shine On! Smile Ambassador program. The Tyler Foundation's focus is on childhood...
Destination Ofunato: Tokyo Workshops
Just finished Day 3 of 4 days of Tokyo workshops training future volunteers for the Niko Niko Taishi project in the 'Our Space' theater studio. The intention of the workshops is to train volunteers ...
Expanding Social Clowning in Brazil: Foco
Reading about the work the group Foco is doing, it is clear that social clowning continues to expand it's scope of activities. Over the past fifteen-twenty years, bringing humor and lightness to...
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Destination Ofunato, Japan
I'm just starting to gear up for a 3 week trip to Japan that will include free workshops in Tokyo, and then a 2 week series of shows and workshops in the tsunami zone, the Tohoku region. It's the...
Herzogenrath to Aachen 2011
This is the sixth year that clowns have infiltrated the very core of the city of Aachen, bringing surreptitious surprise to the walking streets, the park near the cathedral and the Dom itself. The...
Clown Poète Extraordinaire: Claire. at Festiclown in Vigo, Spain
The big ocean going port of Vigo, in Galicia, is hosting Festiclown festival this week, and I was lucky enough to catch the performance of Clown Poète ExtraOrdinaire, Claire, a fine dancer with a...
Clowning around Tassajara
Recently I had the great pleasure to teach a Clown Your Zen workshop at the Tassajara Zen Center. On the final morning, I proposed a spontaneous procession through this most wonderous mountain hot...