clown Jef Johnson(excerpt from the Michael Mathews interviews)

"...me a clown is not just a role or a character or an archetype. It’s easier for me to think of it as a state of being, or a state of consciousness perhaps, a figure who is in that state, which is somewhere between two realities: between the reality of dreams and the reality of this material place when we wake up and do our lives. And the clown, in the theater or in the circus or in the street or in society historically has always been able to open the door between the two realities and invite us in and give us a broader perspective of our total consciousness, our total being, our total life, not just a comedian who’s making jokes or throwing pies in the face or anything like that. And for me, it’s part of the reason why I do what I do. To try to awaken that deeper root or that consciousness that’s in every person. I think the clown does THAT."

NSFW: Painting of Kim Kardashian. Artist said it was not hard

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/11/kim-kardashian-penis-painting_n_6311550.html

Clown the primordial energy of nature

Jef Johnson "writes Steve Mizrach, “the heyoka reminds his people that the primordial energy of nature is beyond good and evil. It doesn’t correspond to human categories of right and wrong. It doesn’t always follow our preconceptions of what is expected and proper. It doesn’t really care about our human woes and concerns. Like electricity, it can be deadly dangerous, or harnessed for great uses. If we’re too narrow or parochial in trying to understand it, it will zap us in the middle of the night.”

Southern cops have a way with words!

These are actual comments made by Troopers that were taken off their car videos:

1. "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."

2. "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."

3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

4. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

5. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you."

6. "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?"

7. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

8. "Warning! You want a warning? O.K., I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

9. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

10. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."

11. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

12. "In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC." ( National Crime Information Center )

13. "Just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"

14. "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."

15. "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."

AND THE WINNER IS....

16. "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here."

First week of shooting done

FIrst day, nobody picked me up , Laura 2AD calls me, when are you going to be on set?
Me: Whan am I going to be picked up?
Moments later: Laura calls Mara
Mara ( naked ) well I cannot drive him RIGHT now. Maybe in 10 minutes.
Lemonade Stand scene: Peter great, running around very funny.

Tu
First day at cute house in Howell J.
cop named Huwell. ( surname )
Driving scenes from inside car.

Wed
Process trailer
Poor man's process.
PM wardrobe panic. Forgot about the bubble gum blowing wardrobe.

Thu
Bubble gum blowing.
Didi Oconnell wonderful at a place called Used to Be's
Country Dance team.
Worked over time had to pay the place 500 bucks extra.
Afternoon-eve:
Paul Sorvino
Came hungry: 3 ham and cheese sandwiches: ate 1 and a 1/2 plus potato chips.
His back was hurting bad, had to help him out of chair, pull him up.
He dissed wardrobe gal Lisa - no need to look at options.

Fri
Later call time. 12 noon
Tara gets "Mom" shawl
Tara little black thing from laundry
Tara in bra and pantie at top of steps
Michael Cerveris : Tara gets nude

Detours day 4: AM at Used to Be's With Deirdre O'Connell PM with Paul Sorvino at Joe's Jave

287 Rte 35, Mantoloking, NJ 08738
(732) 892-3770

Detours day 3 Mary as Joe and Megan frmo the trunk, the cricket makes a re-appearance