Word Crimes Online R Superciliass
My heading is to stir Weird Al.
Below is a funny and clever video by Weird Al Yankovic. So I better think clearly about how I write now. My only objection in his video is to clowns. … Continue reading
6 Sept 2012, NGOs near Chennai, India
International Justice Mission, Chengalpet, Chennai
Today we were up early to go to the International Justice Mission. We were informed on the bus we were doing a show which didn’t leave any preparation time. As a group of clowns we… Continue reading
Don’t Jump to Conclusions Just Laugh
Here are some funny advertisements I found on Youtube. It is so interesting when we think one thing and then find out the facts. Often we are wrong.
So have a good laugh at human nature.
Sufi Mulla Masrudin: The Wise Idiot
http://www.lightwinnipeg.org/Spiritual Writings/The Humour and Wisdom of Mulla Nasrudin.pdf
The Sufi Teaching Figure Mulla Nasrudin
o Mulla Nasrudin is a traditional Middle Eastern teaching figure who personifies the ‘wise idiot’folk-hero.
Mulla Nasrudin is the classical figure devised by the dervishes… Continue reading
Buster Keaton: The Silent Power of Slapstick
The power of silence to communicate messages through acting and behaviour. I wonder if observation becomes the skill of the audience evoking creativity within the audience rather than passive entertainment?
Here is a film to warm you up…… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Humour as Nonviolence
This excerpt is from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Humour as Nonviolent Activism
Patch Adams the founder of the Gesundheit Institute is one of the few humourists using clowning to… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: Unmasking the Self
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘ How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?’
Humour Unmasked
In Kahil Gibran’s book The Prophet he writes ‘what is your sorrow but your joy unmasked’.58The power… Continue reading
Laughter and Comedy: The Nature of Peace
This is an excerpt from my paper ‘How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere of Positive Peace?
Humour will present the happy ending and the new beginning.
How Effective is Laughter and Comedy in Creating an Atmosphere… Continue reading