Playing the Fool in my mid 30s

Exploring the Fool archetype from Shakespeare to clown phobias

Rebecca W Morris

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A montage of fools, jesters and jokers from different card decks.
Writer’s own collage

The Fool has been appearing to me everywhere recently. Or perhaps it’s just that I’ve been noticing him. I have missed him. I’m frightened of him. I wonder why people remove him disapprovingly from the card deck before they start a game.

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Rebecca W Morris

Art, activism, sound and the body. Editor and Contributor to Medium publication, Those Who Were Dancing.