You have to meet the moment, and the audience, where they are.

#ClownWisdom
#ClownWidsom

Today's #ClownWisdom:

"I do my best work when I believe."

Today's #ClownWisdom: Try to find tiny little delights in everything.

I had a project blow up in my face, and I was able to include the error message into an email so smoothly that despite the frustrations I briefly felt like one of you cool wizard hackers that I call friends.

"The faster I can make that mistake, the faster I can learn from it."
-Sue Morrison

#ClownWisdom

Was editing an upcoming podcast episode, and this comment about costuming stood out to me:

"Sometimes, the repair told the story of someone who is living."

Fix things. It proves you're living.

#ClownWisdom

I'm currently editing this weekend's #2ClownsInACloset #podcast episode, and I had to share this gem of #ClownWisdom from our conversation:

> The minute you tell someone something is "important" they stop having fun.

@hopeluminous

Not to worry, I post often enough that I'm likely to repeat myself. I started adding the #ClownWidsom and #ClownWisdom hashtags to them for findability.

As for the question, I'm just aware that I rambled a bunch about what's been going on with me, and figured passions and inspirations would be a more interesting way to ask about you and yours.

Trying to dissect humor is like trying to dissect a frog...
You may discover some interesting material, but the whole thing dies in the process.

#ClownWisdom
#ClownWidsom

Whenever I boot up my laptop, it reaches into a fortune file filled with dubious bits of "Clown Widsom" I've picked up over the years.

The typo in the original filename has now become canonical, and I enjoy the ritual of checking the 'widsom' as I get started with whatever computer touching I have planned.

Today's gem:

"Create moments instead of just showing crap you brought to the show."

#ClownWisdom

"Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve."

- Chaplin

#ClownWisdom

Assume for sake of discussion, "play" is...

1. It is Self-Chosen and Self-Directed
2. It's Done for Its Own Sake, Not an Outside Reward
3. It's Always Structured
4. It Always Has an Element of Imagination
5. It's Conducted in a Very Alert Frame of Mind

I would love to hear about the last time you enjoyed "play", and what form it took.

#Play
#ClownWisdom

Disappointment takes planning.
If you don't know where you are going, you can just enjoy the outcome.

- Avner Eisenberg

#ClownWisdom

@wmd @welshpixie

I have proven myself foolish!

Thank you for the correction, it's definitely under #clownwisdom

@Bja

#ClownWisdom

"Clowns make people question the gravity by displaying the power of levity."

#ClownWisdom

I saw two adult people in my parking lot playing catch with a volley ball today.

Just playing, for its own sake.

We need more of this.

#ClownWisdom

Went for a late night walk to clear my head and saw a sign which read:

Slow
Elderly
Children
At Play

I feel seen.

#SmallStories
#ClownWisdom

"To be a clown takes more than a red nose...It takes three things:
The mind of a writer, the heart of a poet and the body of an athlete.
But the most important thing for a clown is to be a nice and good person"
- Oleg Popov
#ClownWisdom

Found myself sharing a useful bit of #ClownWisdom with a student. They were lamenting the difficulty of the work. My response:

"If it was easy, it wouldn't be special."

From the #ClownWisdom files:

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."

- Kurt Vonnegut