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THE GODLINESS OF CLOWN
The Godliness of Clown (photo of Vesta Tilley) Creativity is central to Human Nature. It does not matter what the art form is the “creative channels” as I call them are the same as the ‘healing channels”. As a small sample when one plays the piano the pianist channels the creativity specifically through the shoulders,…
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Some Truths in Researching – REMNANTS: ENCOUNTERS WITH MY CULTURE.
Weber and Fields I consider a keystone to modern Clown. As you may know or As You (may not) Like It:)… I’m approaching the 5th year of casual coincidental ‘research’ towards my 3rd book “Remnants: Encounters With My Culture”. In part the subject was initiated by just a few individual participants in several of my…
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The Structure of QUANTUM THEATRE: SLAPSTICK TO SHAKESPEARE from PhD Thesis
This blog presents the structure of Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare method. Enclosed is the 8-page Appendix of my PhD Thesis: From the Liminal to the Visceral. The Thesis was completed in February 2009. In April 2008 I thought it may be interesting to be in Europe for a change. A former colleague and I…
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WRITING AND CLOWN – A UNITY
WRITING AND CLOWN – A UNITY Many of my blog/essays provide video evidence that happens to validate my proposed viewpoints. This blog-essay is about the combination: Writing and Clown. This blog-essay is not a comprehensive approach into that huge combined universe of Writing and Clown. The purpose is to illustrate that Writing and Clown is…
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Many Great Screen Clowns NEEDED Writers and Directors.
Many Great Clowns NEEDED Writers and Directors. Many of my blog/essays focus on some video evidence that happens to validate my proposed viewpoints. One of those ideas is that great Clowns needed and worked with Writers and Directors who knew very well or truly understood Clown and Comedy. Since early 2024 I have accumulated enough…
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2024 Exoneration of Denialism as Defined 2012
The 2024 Exoneration of Denialism as Defined 2012 Exoneration is a feeling not a fact. Nonetheless the feeling is factual. Denialism itself I defined based on a feeling and not on a scientific survey. In 2012 I called out Denialism based on observations from many years. Finally I felt that enough was nearly too much,…
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Other Lives
General Warning: My way of writing meanders. It doesn’t work towards a ‘final conclusion’. I hope to encourage you the reader to engage with yourself during your reading. I hope you enjoy the journey. Regards, Ira Seidenstein. In theory I’m researching towards my third book. I am researching but generally speaking I’m not writing. I…
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Theatre As Religion
Theatre As Religion – essay #31 of 46 – in the book Quantum Theatre: Slapstick to Shakespeare. The book was written in 1996. The manuscript and floppy disk were believed to be lost, but, were found in 2020. The book was intentionally generally not updated. It was edited mainly for grammar and spelling. I invited…
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98 YR OLD CLOWNS AND THE QUARTET SECRET
Rose Marie; Mary Tyler Moore; Morey Amsterdam; Dick Van Dyke the quartet within the cast of The Dick Van Dyke Show 98 YEAR OLD CLOWNS AND THE QUARTET SECRET ACCORDING TO CLOWN SECRET BOOK, ETC Here are a few paragraphs about two 98 year old clowns and their involvement in “The Quartet Secret” that I…
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Learning To Learn: struggle is the DNA of being an artist
Performer/Artist Michael Moschen in the video here provided tells of his high school friend Penn who became a great and famous magician. Moschen, extraordinary artist and performer tells a few important bits about his amazing career and art and more. One snippet is about a book on Magic, with instructions. Penn borrowed that book from…