What Is A Clown??

by Elaine "Daisy D.Dots" Vercellone: In my minds eye, a clown is a picture of someone who is out of the ordinary. They come in to any situation and find the silver lining and the glass half full. Somehow they know how to draw your attention to it so you see it, too. They take a wilted flower and know just the right magic to make the flower bloom again. To bring it back to life just as they do their audience, whether it be one person or many. For the time the clown is with them they are taken away into the childlike mind of a clown where there is always something good to come. All of a sudden you realize you have forgotten the problem you were experiencing. Your whole body feels a little better. Your burden seems lighter somehow. You've been given the gift, the reminder that there is hope. Sadness and difficulty does not last forever if you can see it in another light. You can now face whatever is your burden with a clearer mind . The burden is the same. But, now you've become better able to handle it. Unfortunately it is not until the clown leaves that this realization takes place. Maybe the realization never takes place. But, as the clown walks away from the stage, the clown knows. This was not just a mere moment. But a very special one. Where one human connected with another or others by way of the heart. A clown has the ability to see things through the eyes of a child. A clown does not allow the age of time to diminish his/her childlike way of seeing the world, but grows more in awe as their age increases. A clown brings happiness where there is sadness, wonder where there was the feeling of infinite wisdom, an ear to those who need to be heard, a tear when someone needs to be sad. Their makeup or costume are the beginning impression to those around that this is no ordinary person. It's someone special. Someone who will not just think inside the box. Someone whose big shoes and nose are small in comparison to the size of his/her heart. Someone who will make you feel like you are the most special person in the room. In doing so, they give of their heart so that yours can feel better...and somehow before you know it........................... it does.
Elaine "Daisy D.Dots" Vercellone (USA)