Clowns plunge joyfully into fiasco. Initially, with anxious hope, later with growing confidence that a solution will come by itself. That the solution usually is not the one expected, or desired, makes it even more exciting. The more un-perfect, the better. The imperfection makes it interesting. The imperfection is the potential. The one hundred per cent personally unique is needed. “Problems” are important! Stumbling into conflicts and getting out of them – having a good time, the constant theme. Clowns leave their expectations, desires, longings, their hunger behind for a while and bring in their desire to play, their affection for the weak, their understanding of the sensitive, their naivety, their naive dismay. And sometimes, if they are lucky, something small sneaks into the room with them, then “it” happened, something else happened, they have achieved the hearts.

Tanja Simma