This big fat nose dates from my first official CWB trip with the Clowns Sans Frontières, France to Croatia back in 1995. I made these on the porch of the house where we were staying in Zagreb. I...
Papier Maché Noses. Old and New
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Emmanuelle Bon’s answer to “What’s that, a Clown?”
Emmanuelle Bon's answer to "What's that, a Clown?" sure resonates in my ears, and hence this post to share it. "Parmi les artistes du spectacle vivant, le clown occupe une place singulière, en...
Making a New Nose with Papier Maché and Magnet
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...
Rosh Hashanah in Warsaw
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...
Magnetizing Clown Noses for Face Masks!!
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...
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. Here are the instructions of how to do the dance>
The Immediacy of Play
"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...
Meditation, Resilience and Clowns
When I talk to Sandra after the workshop, to ask how it went, she tells me she has never seen some of the participants smile before, let alone laugh. I hadn’t considered that possibility earlier in the day, though I did note a few faces that were slow to thaw into humorous expression….
Photos from Chocolat Exhibit in Paris 2016
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,...
Musing on the nature of humor and clown
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...