Some of you who know me are aware that I am not known to put on a clown nose very often, or to encourage their use in the workshop setting, mainly because I am wishing to reach the inner clown, the humor from the deep inside. Too often people tend to hide behind their nose, or lose the inner connection, relying on the nose to do the clowning for them. As I like to say the more you are connected within, the more you connect with the world beyond.
However, what a great mask, and so immediate !! For that I love it. W
hen I travel, I often have one in my pocket, at the ready in case I am looking to transform a challenging moment. This photo came to me yesterday, of my friend, student and teacher, Bernie Glassman, the Zen master, who is leading a pilgrimage in India right now. It’s so clear how his putting on the nose immediately transforms the situation at hand. Blessings to the power of the Nose.
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About yoowho
I was born in Los Angeles, and now live in San Francisco,. Inbetween I lived in Europe for a good segment of time.
About my vocational side of life, and what leads to a good amount of the writing on this blog:
I perform and teach in the clown realm. the term no-nose clowning and european theatrical clowning applies. I offer workshops and trainings focused on humorous expression on 4 continents. Themes include "Humor your Human" , "ClownZen, the Power of Levity", "ButohClown" ,"Clown is Poem".
I'm one of many who bring humor, joy and laughter into crisis areas- where it does a lot of good. I started by performing in 3 small Guatemalan refugee communities in Chiapas, Mexico in 1987. That has lead a pathway through South Africa, Croatia,
Guatemala, Haiti, Kosovo, , Nepal and Sudan. This last January-February (2009), I traveled to Myanmar/Burma on an international Clowns Without Borders project performing 20 shows with 3 Myanmar artists, one Swedish and one Australian clown. I also offered workshops with activity leaders/trainers from a number of NGO's using humorous expression to both release trauma and empower children, not to mention have a lot of fun.
hen I travel, I often have one in my pocket, at the ready in case I am looking to transform a challenging moment. This photo came to me yesterday, of my friend, student and teacher, Bernie Glassman, the Zen master, who is leading a pilgrimage in India right now. It’s so clear how his putting on the nose immediately transforms the situation at hand. Blessings to the power of the Nose.
