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Old 12-11-2006, 01:53 AM
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[ I do think that trying stuff out with costuming and all can be a good experiment in helping one to grow. It may turn out that certain costuming helps you to grow in a direction you didn't expect which works, or it may well be that you don't like it and have to move on. ]

That's a good point! I feel better about the hours and hours (and a wee bit of money) I put into making this costume. I felt pretty foolish to now want a different costume. You're right, though. This costume represented a concept I liked and wanted to explore. So it isn't me. Big deal. I already have a closet full of costumes I made for Halloween and other clown costumes. What's one more? With three growing granddaughters, it will eventually be used. LOL :P
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Old 12-11-2006, 07:51 AM
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You will find that it is a journey, not a destination.

I've been doing this for 30+ years in some form or
other, and my costume, makeup and character are
still evolving. I call it a "work in progress."

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You will find that it is a journey, not a destination.
Wow, thanks for that! It sums it up so well. Indeed, when I went to Moosecamp in the summer of 2005 to take what I considered my first "formal" steps towards clowning (I hadn't realized yet just how much I was already trying things out and discovering my character well) this was along the line of what I told everyone who asked me what in the world it was that I was doing.

"I'm setting out upon a journey," I would explain. "This is my first step of faith into the waters. Where it's going to from here, I don't entirely know. I'll just keep walking along the path wherever it leads. For now, I'm content and confident that this is where I have to be and what I have to do."

Yes, thank you for reminding me of that! A year and a half out from then I can see how far I've come, and how my clowning is STILL and will always be a "journey, not a destination".
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"Sniff" My makeup is running, Tim. More, more!
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