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Franki Anderson - The FOOL
The ancient art of fooling has been with us as long as there have been audiences, and the theatrical archetype of the fool is the starting point for this journey.
The fool is a part of our selves which sees life innocently and is not afraid to say what it sees- like the child who declared ‘the emperor has no clothes’ – as it is free from being bound by societies rules of self censorship.
Fooling also holds the key to how we learn and create. The fool plays on the edge, with one foot on the solid ground of the known, and the other hovering over the abyss of the unknown. The fool plays solely for the sake of the pleasure of playing, utterly absorbed, with no concern for success or failure.
Often we stifle our inner fools voice for fear of ridicule, and so loose touch with the deep wisdom and easy access to spontaneous creativity that it has to offer us.Exploring the way of the fool, reclaiming its simple and curious view of the world and integrating it into our whole selves, is to take a step towards manifesting our dreams for this creativity lies very close to the root of our true nature.
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Page 31, CRAZY WISDOM - Wes Scoop Niskert The great fool shows his true face as the FOOL, the first card in the tarot deck.
He is the master of ceremonies, smiling and welcoming to the show, the Grand Illusion, the parade of archetypal characters to follow.
The FOOL announces that what we are ablout to see is only a melodrama, and
that we should not take these masks or matters too seriously. Our personalities are just put-ons, personae, roles we are given to play.
We just read the lines and fleshout scenes; there's really not much about we can do abput the plot. Our destiny is, after all, written in the cards.
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