Blogpost 8: Dreaming About Clowns

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Dreaming about clowns can imply a category of things depending on how you accept about clowns in general. In fact, explanation will depend only to you, having a strong perception to clowns in some way. You could hate them and be scared of them or you could love them and find them to be interesting. 

Did you ever experience dreaming about clowns? Flipping some information about clowns, I happened to find an article entitled, “Dreaming about Clown meaning” by Dreamgirl in the site, “Dreamomania.info”. The article talks about the interpretation of a clown in someone’s dream through different ways: generally, psychologically and traditionally.

The concept supporting clown dreams is to uncover the emotions within yourself or observing your gut feeling when dealing with others. Once you discover the face behind the mask, you will have more definition on which way to take.

Clowns are most commonly masked thus having seen a clown in your dreams is an image of your mental/emotional being. If you see a happy clown this could show a graceful child like personality in yourself. On the other hand, a gloomy clown could implies you have some concern you need to work through. An irritable clown could hide uneasiness coming to the surface.

An entertaining, fool-hearty clown in your dream may indicate that you need to be more concerned in your everyday life and include more time in dealing with understanding behavior before saying something or taking response. This can also be a manifestation that someone else in your life is going to make a mistake that you could encourage them in or possibly stay away from them as it could cause you some form of harm.

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A clown is an individual that can frighten someone or make someone joyful but it’s a different story when it has something to do with your dream.

Blogpost 7: Ronald McDonald

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The "Ronald McDonald" clown brand is the public face of the fast-food chain McDonald's. The idea was brought up in San Bernardino, California by Dick and Mac McDonald of Manchester, New Hampshire. It was converted and broaden by their business colleague, Ray Kroc, of Oak Park, Illinois, who subsequently purchase out the business interests of the McDonald brothers in the concept and went on to establish McDonald's Corporation.

As I was planning to associate clown with the food, I turned out with the fast food chain, McDonald’s which uses a clown public figure. And there I found an article entitled, “Down on the Clown” by Raj Patel in the site, “Raj Patel" McDonald’s caught my attention not because of the food that they offer but because I was very curious about their clown. Have you also wonder why they use clown as their image? Knowing that during their time, the fear of clown had started.

When Bozo the Clown went off air in 1963, no one would have imagine the small-town television persona would soon become the most noted clown in the world. But McDonald’s change Bozo into Ronald McDonald, and by linking its corporate representation to a fun-loving clown, McDonald’s gains a fantastic amount of positive public concerns.

Ronald McDonald is the cheerful clown that you sometimes encounter when you go to McDonald's. He is on the television, on a lot of their promotional merchandise such as toys and he's even on some of McDonald's packaging. So what does the man that wears like a clown and works for McDonald’s really do? Sometimes he go to children parties and offer out lots of presents, he makes celebrations more enjoyable and let the grown ups loosen up. He also allots money to children who are in need - he looks very pleasing, very friendly and very certain.

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Ronald is not an ordinary clown. He’s not just a front runner in the food business for children: “he’s also an architect”. Excluding him, the food scheme that we have today would be very different. Everywhere, the way food is captivated, subsidized, created and eaten has been made by the demands of the McDonald’s corporation.

But the other side of Ronald McDonald was revealed. As what the author said, “Ronald is more of a Hamburgler, dipping into our pockets with our children’s fingers, and leaving us with bills for long afterward.” Ronald is a various type of clown. When he contributes money to a school, it is always for the objective of obtaining McDonald's more coverage and advertising McDonald's to children and their family.

Later on, sending Ronald to retirement is a prominent issue. An article

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entitled, ”Junk food foes to McDonald's: Retire Ronald!” written by Ben Rooney in the site, “CNN Money”. The article focuses on the issue about Junk Foods in which Ronald plays a big part in influencing children to eat those foods. 

Children as early as the ages of two to 19 years old are obese, and since

then, the obesity rate among children of those ages has nearly tripled. Apparently, childhood obesity is an epidemic. Do fast food businessmen take part of the blame?


Ronald McDonald’s selling to kids is no less than commercial usage, more and more, professional and health organizations are going on tabulation about

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their enterprise as well. What’s most doubtful is that the control of children in this case shows not only into a child’s favorable impression of Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets, but into their consuming of unwholesome amounts of each.

With the growing support for moving back that clown, it feels like that it is an opening for McDonald’s to moved him on his disposition to retirement. Using one of the most known brand mascots in the world to market food high in fat and calories to children, the most open group to advertising in society, is definitely not worthwhile.


Clowns’ objective is usually to entertain people. But there are clowns whose objective is to encourage and pursued people for/to something. They might/can influence people but it still depends on how people are going to deal with it. Are you going to allow those people to influence them? or Are you going to live on what they truly believe?

Blogpost 6: O Palhaçio

The Clown (o Palhaçio) a film by Selton Mello who directs, writes, edits and acts in The Clown. He plays Benjamin, a sad clown working with his clown father, Waldemar, in a roaming circus across a scenic Brazilian countryside. His job is to make people laugh, although when the clown act is over, his quiet serious side overtakes him.

Flipping through some of the information about clown film, I turn out into an article entitled, “Clown with a Frown” written by Pat in the site, “Cinema Blographer”. The article caught my attention because of the fact that the clown who makes people laugh, is actually don’t know how to laugh. How ironic right?

The article talks about the clown searching his place in the world. It states that Benjamin, the clown with a frown, deliberately makes people laugh. It must be the reason why his disposition changes after their show, because he probably seeking for something or expecting something to come true. There’s little hope for Benjamin as he dreams of a life of smiles and chuckles.

This appealing, light-hearted dramedy, probes identity and the road to self-acceptance. The Circo Esperança (Circus Hope) stroll the valleys and mountains of southwestern Brazil. Among its collection of dissidents are the father/son clown duo of Pangaré (Mangy Horse) and Puro Sangue (Thoroughbred), who make a living making people laugh. In one climatic scene, Pangaré asks, “I make people laugh, but who will make me laugh?” His father responds, “In life we have to do what we know how to do.” By getting the seemingly meaningless moments that make up life in a family or small community, Selton Mello awaken a special time and space and makes it  recognizable - even if you've never been part of a fascinating circus.

Benjamin depicted every man’s journey to achieve his goals. We are miserable when they are far away, we try to catch them failing to remember about other important things, and then, when we finally get to have them, we can’t be contented, for the losses we have endured in order to catch the dreams. So we go back to our past lives having learned lesson of being fulfilled with what we have, just like Benjamin did.

Like everyone else, we all have clowns in ourselves and that’s what the article, “Looking For Your Clown.... And Finding Yourself” written by Bertil Sylvander, adapted and translated from the French by Vivian Gladwell in the site, “Nose to Nose” ,talked about. The article discussed why and how does searching our clown allow personal development and a move towards self-awareness.

The article mentioned that “clown is essentially an emotional being”. They feel and set their emotions as well as we do, the only difference is that they listen into their hearts and do what it says without any hesitations if it's the right thing to do. Also, it stated that “clowns live the now of every second” which means that they value more on what is present without preoccupying with what comes next. “Deep down, clown is a vulnerable being” which means that they are not afraid to show who they really are,they are not ashamed to be themselves. And most of all, it is through searching our own clown when we can find our true self, where we can express our thoughts and ideas, having a secure environment for expression.

Clowns also enter the World of Film and Cinema. The most common is to scare and frighten us but there are some in which we can relate with and apply what we had learned through them. But at the end of the day, ‘they’ always leave an impression that might/will change the way we see life.

Blogpost 5: Looks Like A Clown?!

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Fashion isn’t about anyone, fashion is about what’s objectively good- the seaming in sync of art and industry. Just as fabric and thread have to synchroni in a garment, a piece of clothing has to coincide with its wearer.

White thick makeup, crazy colorful hair, bright fanciful and exaggerated big pants, over sized ties and undersized hats: that’s what makes a fashion clown! Have you ever look into a mirror and find yourself stuck in a clown figure? Well, maybe for some who had experienced this kind of scenario, they are now looking for a new fashion trends. As I was going through the articles about clown fashion, I found an article entitled, “Are You Dressing Like A Clown?” by Kiune in the site, “Pickup Dance”. The article discussed about the “Men’s Fashion Trends that will Fade Fast”. Though it talks about men’s fashion trends, it was still an eye catching because it’s not usual for me to read an article about fashion trends for men.

First in line is the “Jeans With Too Much Faux-Damage” which has fake

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pigment drench, slits,cuts, and oil smudge. Second, “Visible IN Items” that refers to anything that most of the guys wear. It’s just so happen that if you wear like anyone does, the thing you wear will be common. Third and fourth respectively, “Excessive Neon” and “Excessive Colors”; remember that too much is bad and also, exorbitant neon colors is hurtful into the eyes. Fifth, “Graphics Or Writing On Pants” which is commonly used way back 90’s. Sixth, “Brands or Logos”. We are now into digital age where communal slavery is unpleasant. Seventh, “Anything Oversized”. Big, loose jeans and long, bulge shirts belongs to street wear. And lastly, “Pink”. The color pink can be applied as long as you can wear it appropriately and fashionably. Also, make your shirt simple - elude too many markings, gothic writing, and pockets. There are always exemption to rule and it includes accessories, peacocking(dressing for attention) and high fashion (fashion from other countries, at universal stores, or at designer stores).


If fashion is for everyone, is it fashion? The answer goes far beyond the number and relates to the speed of fast trend. There is no longer a time difference between when a small division of fashion-conscious people pick up a trend and when it is all over the sidewalks. However, dress clothing preferences continue to burst, it all goes together to come up with a look and there’s an article entitled, “Swanky Dresser Or Fashion Clown? Your Men's Dress Clothing Options Say it All!” written by Lin Sasen in the site, “Ezine articles” that will surely help men out there to convey their own fashion description. The article gave some guide on how to make your own fashion genre.

First, is to know yourself. Knowing yourself will lead you to a fashion style that suites you well. Also, through your identity and nature, you will figure out your own fashion style. Second, is "being comfortable in your own skin" meaning you’re not denying your dimensions. If your waistline is 37”, do not wear a skinny or fit pants with 34” waist. Third, is "being appropriate" which means that your outfit should reflect at the place you where at. And lastly, have some fun -latest, bright, studded, whatever fits your taste and puts a smile on your face whenever you wear it. 

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Clowns’ fashion sense adds to the entertainment they are able to give to their audience. This bright fanciful and exaggerated big pants, over sized ties and undersized hats may look nice and appropriate to them but not for someone who is to fashion.

Blogpost 4: Coulrophobia - No Laughing Matter

WARNING: The text you will read is about CLOWNS!!

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Painted white faces, red lips, flowing back hairlines with bunch of wild hair, and —of course — the red foam nose. Fun for all ages, yet plenty of people are so scared of them. It is considered as coulrophobia, though that's not an official analysis. By definition, an excessive fear of clowns is known as coulrophobia, with the prefix "coulro" coming from the ancient Greek word for "one who goes on stilts." Indication of coulrophobia can include sweating, disgust, frightening, fast heartbeat, crying or screaming, and anger at being placed in a situation where a clown is present.

Clowns are often used for entertainment at birthday parties and in circus acts. They create a fun, humorous and happy environment. So why are some people deathly afraid of clowns? Searching for answers, I happened to find an article entitled, “The History and Psychology of Clowns Being Scary” written by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie in the website “Smithsonian.com”. The article discussed how and when the fear for clowns have started.

Though clowns started as jesters, jokers, and harlequins, they have their dark side. It is said that their comedy come from their starving appetites for food, sex, and drink, and their manic behavior. If that’s the case, I, myself would also be afraid of clowns. Just imagine someone that is either wearing a mask, or makeup that hides their features, who would not be very nervous?


The author also mentioned the sort of leading clown, starting from

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around the 1830s, was a guy called [Jean-Gaspard] Deburau, who was the Pierrot clown - a silent figure, but very funny. In 1836, he actually killed a boy who insulted him in the street; he turned around and knocked the kid on the head with his walking stick. ‘ What a scary clown! ’, that’s all I can say. Have you ever imagine that a silent clown like him would do such thing and it’s just because of an insult?. As what he did, he do not act as a professional clown. Can’t just he forget that insult? And to think that his foe was just a boy. So this character represents the idea that there's something threatening, something scary, something strange going on underneath all of the makeup.

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It is also stated that at the point where clowns are now solely children entertainment, here came John Wayne Gacy under thename Pogo who was convicted of 33 counts of murder and once a clown who would entertain at children parties, at hospitals and places like that. I think, that really take form exactly what was the sort of hidden fear that people had, that you know, someone that works with children in particular, who is this symbol of cheerfulness, symbol of fun and silliness and innocence, in which actually underneath can be something truly terrifying.

According to the article, “Why Are We Afraid of Clowns” by Krystal D'Costa in the website: “Scientific American”, there are five reasons why people actually fear /hate clowns. First in line, is by their masks or thick make up in which people see as a disguise displaying artificial emotions that perhaps hide their true feelings. For me it’s somehow true, just like I said earlier, anyone would be afraid of someone who is hiding his true identity not even knowing what he really want to do. Second,

“The facial disguise temporarily eliminated from social intercourse that part of the body through which, people have long believed, the individual’s personal feelings and attitudes are revealed or can be deliberately communicated to others. The face is the organ by which self and society carry on the largest portion of the communication in which they engage, not only linguistic communication but paralinguistic as well.”

People not only fear clowns based on what they see but also by how clowns behave which explains the third one. Clowns’ sense of humor at some point was not in appropriate manner with certain audiences. Sacred objects, events, or people, for instance. The fourth reason is associated with the social codes concerning humor. With their painted smiles, they urge the audience to laugh at the “neglected and improper elements” of social life. I strongly agree for this reason because truly some clowns are not aware on how they are able to influence their audience. Yes, making people laugh and see the brighter side of life is indeed a good one but encouraging them to make fun of anyone or anything is definitely wrong. The last reason is related to acting. The author had mentioned that if the actors chooses his role, does he chose to be “for darkness and subversion?”

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I think at the end of the day, a lot of the fear of clowns actually comes back to the person covered by the makeup. And I think that's something that I saw quite a lot in every point in history, where there was someone who was miserable under their makeup, harmful under their makeup, ruthless under their makeup, and murderous under their makeup. Fear of clowns is a phobia that seems to be a small epidemic. A lot of people seem to have this phobia. Will it get worse or will it get better and will people a hundred years from now laugh at the idea? I guess we will have to wait and see.

Blogpost 3: Magic Gimik

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Clowns do magic tricks to entertain their guests. But the truth is, its just all illusions. Illusions that made up by our brains, constructs what it knows by searching for useful patterns in sensory information and then connecting those patterns with a past record of their behavioral relevance. One may somehow think that clowns only fool us by doing their magic tricks/illusions but the one good thing about illusions, is that they make us realize not only that things are never what they seem, but also that our experiences of the world shape our understanding of it. But have you ever think what’s behind those magic tricks? Or even thinking beyond what we only see on those tricks?

Searching for some ideas or information about this thing, I found an article entitled, “Study Reveals How Magic Works” by Charles Q. Choi in the website, "Live Science". The article talked about how magicians help uncover how our brain works. It is mentioned that magicians really have this ability to distort one’s perceptions, to get people to perceive things that never happened, just like a visual illusion. If that’s so, ‘wow! how talented they are!’ they have this different ability that only some can do. And to think that it is one’s nature ability; others may try to study how this thing works, but it is still different if it is one’s nature talent.

The article also stated an experiment magic trick called “vanishing ball” where a ball apparently disappears. It is done by faking a throw while keeping the ball palmed in the magician’s hand. So that’s how it works, maybe if I will able to see the secret behind it while the show is going on, it’s really a big fail for them. It is said that for the experiment, two-thirds of the volunteers watching the pro-illusion version on television had a clear recollection of the ball leaving the top of the screen; thus, they have not seen its dirty, little secret. On the other hand, only one-third of the people viewing the anti-illusion version had experience how it is actually done. The author had mentioned that during their experiment, they keep an eye on how the people look unto the magic trick. Only to find out that when the people believed that they have seen the ball become invisible most claimed that the spent their time looking at the ball, where in fact, they only check out at the magician’s face. The whole experiment ended up with a conclusion that people tend to have an impression that what they see exactly is the real one, not even knowing the difference between the two. Thus, the way how people see the world is greatly outshine by how we want it to be rather than the actual thing.

At the core of every trick is a cold, cognitive experiment in perception. Does the trick fool the audience? How did they do that? Magicians never reveal their secrets but there’s always an exemption to the rule. An article entitled “Thescience of magic: it’s not all hocus pocus” written by Michele Barker in the website, “TheConversation”, uncovers the magician’s secrets and how they were able to deceived the audience. The author mentioned Alfred Binet who was able to talk with the french most marked magicians too help him figure out illusions. It is said that Binet has found out that magical illusions were perfectly done by so many little optical tricks. One of which is perceiving blindness where awareness is the key. Audience will follow a magician’s hand when he or she gestures in a curved line – but not when the line is straight. Knowing that, I just now realized that this gesture is always present in all magic shows, and never in my mind that I once thought that it’s the magician’s little way to distract our visual focus. 

Another thing is the “inattentional blindness” and “change blindness” which means that even though we see things right in front of our eyes, our minds do not register what we have seen because our attention is not there. Inattentional blindness refers to the change that happens all of a sudden while the change blindness referred to as the change occurs slowly. I can say that it’s somehow true, because it actually had happened to me, well maybe all of us experience this thing. ‘Mentally present but emotionally absent’, the phrase that sums it up.

In a neurological perspective, unspoken movement motivates brain functioning in much the same way as watching an actual movement that how you see can differ from your attention is something that magicians have long overworked. Neurologists are now reaching for the help of magicians in helping to create a more immediate human-computer compound designs and advance rehabilitation techniques for people physically impaired by neurological conditions like strokes. Truly, magic/magicians nowadays are not only for entertainment purposes, but also for medical objectives.

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Part of being a clown is to entertain people and one of the ways to do so, is by doing magic tricks. But keep in mind that it was all an optical illusions.There’s no such thing as magic, it was all in our mind. It's what we believe that we see rather than the actual visual point. Illusions can be fun and interesting and also reveal a great compromise about how our brain functions. 

BLogpost 2: Can Happiness Heal?

Clowns are known for their ability to make people laugh. They are talented jugglers, mimics or acrobats who pretend to be afraid of dropping something or of falling down to make us laugh. They feel innocent and see the world through their smiling eyes where every person is wonderful and acceptable. The only thought of a clown is to bring a smile to the world, and if a person is very sad, the clown will seek to uplifted him or her in some way, even if that means just smiling and allowing that person to be alone.

As the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best medicine.’ Also, according to science, it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, thus one should smile more often. In able to use this medicine

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everyday, a laughter yoga can be exhibited.  Seeking for information about this thing, I ended up in an article entitled “What's so funny?” written by Debra Bokur in the website, “YogaJournal”. It is stated that in a laughter yoga, people usually sings a chant, “ho ho, ha ha” that requires a person to rapidly inhales and exhales. First of all, the yoga label has a bit of delusion. There are no downwards or inversions, just people coming together, for a short session of laughter. Laugh, clap, and breath: that’s they usually do. If I were to join a laughter yoga, at first, it may seem awkward for each and everyone of us to laugh with no reason. But after sometime, I might see myself laughing aloud and that’s what maybe makes it fun and makes one feel good. Having this laughter yoga aims to breathe and to laugh, not because anyone has cracked a joke, but because laughter is a playful, social, contagious thing.

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According to the article, "Life can be a challenge,it helps if you're able to laugh." I strongly agree in this statement. I, myself, experience problems, struggles, circumstances, challenges, whatever you call it, but I assure that at the end of the day, I always wear my smile. And for those who experience difficulties in life, trust me, having a smile on your face lessen your burdens. 

Talking about laughing, clowns play a very big part in this so called laugh operation. There are clowns who adapt their clown persona and improvisation to the setting of a hospital or a long-term care facility, and over time, they learn to build their knowledge and sensitivity with regards to the various clients that they served. They are known as therapeutic clowns.

Flipping through some of the information about them, I turn out into an article entitled, " The Life Threatened Child and The Life Enhancing Clown: Towards a Model of therapeutic Clowning" written by Donna Koller and Camilla Gryski in the website, "PMC". I was just like, 'Really? Clowns can be healers?' I thought it was just a belief back in the ancient times.According to the article, clown symbolizes the hope for the hopeless, and the possibility for the impossible. Just imagine how clowns are able to make us laugh through his/her foolishness or failures; they implies to us that we can still smile or laugh in times of our problems. Also, they teaches us that even we experience downfalls, we can still believe that there is hope. Hope that someday and somehow, we can win over our challenges in life.

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We might as well think that the relationship between clowns and those in need of healing is quite surprising. But it’s not, it have been said that clowns were already connected in the well-being of society and the healing arts since then. Also, the author mentioned that the hospital of Hippocrates kept group of players and clowns in the quadrangle, as the doctors of the day believed that mood altered healing. 

 

It is also stated that as a therapeutic clown, their ‘clown medicine’ includes red nose transplants, kitty cat scans and prescriptions for laughter. They interacts with the environment as well as the patient and family, and use props or puppets. For the child in the hospital, the clown comes to exhibit the spirit of playfulness. When he is asked to step over the room the ambiance is changed and charged with possibility. The room suddenly becomes a playground, and the child is invited to come out and play. Children love him for a simpler reason; he expresses, loudly and eloquently, and the bewilderment they feel when they find themselves in an adult world.

The author also mentioned that clinical researchers from a variety of disciplines hypothesized that humorous distraction provided by the clowns would increase patient cooperation, ameliorate parental anxiety and decrease the need for sedation. Also, results showed that during cardiac cauterization there were significant decreases in observed child distress, in child self-reported distress and parent-rated child distress with the clowns present.

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I think that therapeutic clowns really brought a positive feedback on both parent and the children. Although I have not personally encountered these therapeutic clowns in a hospital, I can only imagine what laughter and a positive attitude can do for the children and parents’ anxiety and moods. Reading this articles, I realize that something as simple as laughter is sometimes capable of completely changing a person’s attitude and anxiety levels. Also, I now strongly believe that laughter has many positive effects on us. These clowns help many hospitalized children to emotionally express themselves. They create a more friendly and fun atmosphere in the hospital which is unoften known. And lastly, clowns also seem to empower hospitalized children, which are the most powerless group in the hospital.

Blogpost 1: Clown Ideas - An Introduction

During children's birthday parties, parents never neglect to invite clowns who will entertain their guests, not just the kids but also the adults. Children were very amused by their rainbow colored, curly hair ; big, red nose; thick, white powder on their face; colorful costumes and most especially by their big smiles. They act as if they were foolish persons - they do slapstick, pie throwing, falling down stumbling and physical humor. They also do magic tricks and juggling stunts. Others tell silly jokes and still, others use puppets. All of them have one common goal: they always try to make people laugh. But do you ever wonder where they came from? or when they actually exist?


We would expect to begin with a clear definition of the field of study. But defining what clown is, is not a straight-forward matter. Just about everyone has ideas, assumptions or opinions about clowns, they themselves certainly do. There is a surprising variety of ideas around about clowns, especially when you start looking beyond your time and place. As I was browsing the net, I found an article entitled, "History of Clowning" written by Jonathan Baker in the website"Donimo". The article caught my attention because of the fact that clowns were not just entertainers but also social and political critiques.

According to the article, way back medieval period when jesters and fools emerge. They function as entertainers as well as a disciplinarian of their tribes, making policies and maintaining orders. Strange right? from being an artist to being an officer. How can they be respected and followed by everyone if they do foolish things? Maybe that's because clowns also portray a role as one of religious persons who opened up the tribe to the Gods and to the great spirits. It is mentioned that clowns can also be a shaman because they believe that Gods had given power to the clowns to cure their diseases. Although clowns have these roles, there's this tribe called "Cheyenne Tribe" who had an opposite behavior as what the usual clowns do: walk around on their hands, ride horses backwards and shoot arrows backwards over their shoulders. Knowing this tribe, I assumed that they made the first step on how clowns performed today or rather inspired our clowns to do foolish things.

Could you imagine a clown being an interpreter? or Could do things that only those in high level of hierarchy can? The author mentioned how clowns played a vital role in religious lives of the ancient societies. The epic stories of  " Mahabrata" and "Ramayana" which were only gods, kings, ministers, generals and sages can express, a hero serf clown so called Viduska can also convey Prakrit, the language of the general population, thereby making one of the clowns objective is  to be an interpreter. Now, clowns do have many purpose in their live, not just being a merely entertainer but many things ahead.

The article brought up that during the monarchy of Queen Elizabeth clowning was already a theatrical form. It is said that English clown plays the character of a medieval mystery and a roguery who could sometimes beat even the devil. This maybe gives the idea why today, clowns are known as evils rather than the happy ones. The author also stated how Shakespeare wrote a theatrical performance for the Lord Chandlers in which William Kemp was the front clown who first appeared before the troupe.

The article stated how Joseph Grimaldi became one of the fathers of modern clowning. I was impress and moved on what Grimaldi did just to pursue his passion and dreams. He even performed on stage back when he was three years old. Growing up in a theater made him finer and greater as he take in the live action road runner cartoon character type routines with chase scenes. And by then, he advance the whiteface into a staring role replacing Harlequin.

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Baker stated that, " Clowns have always reminded us that we are human and vulnerable and they transform the frightening into the funny, anesthetizing pain and keeping our minds and hearts open."

Now that I have known the history of clown itself, I have seen how the clowns evolve- from being a jesters and fools to having an important in the social and religious life of the tribe then engaging in a theater, Commedia del Arte, and finally entering the world of circus. I agree that clowns reminded us that we are human and vulnerable; making us feel stronger that even though we have problems in life, we still manage to smile.

Thus, I can say that we really have misconceptions about them. Talking about misconceptions, I was quite confused to the different clowns that I am able to see everywhere. And just for a little while, I happened to found an article entitled, "The Clown Hierarchy" by Craig Gustafson in the "Craig Gustafson's Theater Résume". It talks about the different types of clown- Whiteface, Auguste, Tramp, and Ringmaster; and their differences. Of all the four types stated in the article, the tramp is my favorite one. Though he is innocent and quiet at times, he still make the people laugh through his magic ability. Like the tramp, I used to work in silence but that doesn't mean that I am not or cannot be as jolly as others do. Though I don't have magic ability, I can be a funny clown around my friends.

Thinking about what I have read about in this two articles, I realized that clowns travel through time. Clowning started even before, back in the ancient times, and indeed they had played a vital role in the history and still making new ones. I was very amazed by how clowns are able to break free from the dramatic tension they create. Their own feelings, those of their partners and of the audience do not restrict them. Clowning shows us how vain and hopeless are the efforts to success. It is through failure that clowns show their wisdom. They show us that happiness is possible without necessarily conforming to the norms of beauty, of self-control and of logical intelligence shown by the Whiteface. And it is when one realizes that he/she doesn't laugh at clowns but through them.