To be a clown was to be fate's pawn. The life in the arena was a dumb show consisting of slaps, kicks - an endless shuffling and booting about. And it was by means of this disgraceful rigolade that one found favour with the public. The beloved clown! It was his special privilege to re-enact the errors, the follies, the stupidities, all the misunderstandings that plague humankind. To be ineptitude itself, that was something even the dullest oaf could grasp. Not to understand, when all is clear as daylight; not to catch on, though the trick be repeated a thousand times for you.
- Henry Miller "The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder"
Good book!
And I like the picture too. Else I wouldnt have bothered finding that quote. lol.
But you should let us zoom at least a bit. Pleeease! :)
I wish i could have a closer view on this one, the details look amazing... I wonder how much it is a photography ? or a total drawing ? I can't tell. But I dig the atmosphere, it's an interesting theme.