I’m just a few years late in posting these photos. I come across them in preparation to go back to Yangon soon. Some places stay frozen in time a little while longer than others. frozen is perhaps the wrong word, what I mean to say is that they haven’t yet been caught up in that swirl of 21 st century metallic modernism…but rather than try to describe what that is, or what was once here and is still there, I will let your eyes do the storytelling. The photos start on 26th street in downtown Yangon searching for the old synagogue which I heard exists…and then jump a few kilometers across town to the great wonder complex of temples, shrines and Buddhas, the Shwedagon pagoda.
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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.
