Deep Clown

About 5 years ago, I had the honor and privilege to meet a man named David MacMurray-Smith. He is a clown instructor from BC. It was then that I took his 2.5 month course titled: Creative character development and personal transformation through clown... baby clown. It changed my life. It is still changing my life.

So now, more than 5 years later, I am taking his secondary level class: Deep Clown. 8-hour classes, 3x a week, for 8 weeks. We are halfway through, and I feel the grand effects stirring again. This time I am learning not only as student, but noting how he is teaching, so I can share some of his valuable instruction in my classes. I have so much respect for this man. He is outrageously knowledgeable, hugely inspiring, and supportively dedicated and kind. I really cannot thank him enough.

 From top left: David, Andrea, Melissa, Suna, Avian, Kate, Raj, Nadine, Anwar.

From bottom left: Karim, Allie, Tyrel, Anjela, Me.

I love this work!

Circus Photo Shoot 2013

This year Wrens friend (and now mine too!) David Clumpner, offered to take photos of us for fun. Wren, a self-proclaimed loather of such things (thought one might question and/or be surprised by his ongoing selfies for his blog), and a super thoughtful fellow, suggested David take circus photos of me for my website! What a great idea, and fun afternoon it was!

Juggling is serious business.

Balls.

 I was tickled by the whole process... and, obviously, this peacock feather.

We did manage to wrangle wren into a few shots... like these!

Thanks Dave Clumpner for your awesome skills, and Wren for gettin' me in on this.