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....
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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 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...
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...