Little Miracles. RED NOSES Clowndoctors International
Eszter Nagy
János Greifenstein
Poetic Encounters of Never-Ending Repetition
Zsolt Reitter
Éva Csatári
Tünde Gelencsér
Little Miracles from Lithuania
Žilvinas Beniušis
Marija Baranauskaitė
Little Miracles from New Zealand
Jude Bishop
Jude Bishop
Jude Bishop
Jim Williams
Jim Williams
Little Miracles from Palestine
Tarek Zboun
Life as a Clown Can Be So Touching and So Difficult at the Same Time!
Tarek Zboun
Faisal Abualhay
Tomaž Lapajne Dekleva
Mariana Kovačechová
Tomáš Hudcovič
Jarka Hatiarová
Jarka Hatiarová
Preface
I’ve been a passionate ambassador for RED NOSES for many years. As »Dr. Rollo« the clown, I accompany the clowndoctors as often as I can on their visits to various hospitals, and I witness the great job they do again and again.
RED NOSES clowns are able to turn tears into smiles. They bring happiness and colour into the hospital room. With the brilliance of a rainbow, they transport sick people to a world filled with colours, motion, light and freedom, and their poetry remains long after they are gone.
RED NOSES clowns are not just a form of entertainment – their psychosocial support of people in difficult situations is of great importance.
Thanks to the clowndoctors, people can feel a spark of happiness and joy despite illness and worry. Everyone – whether young or old – needs to know that we can and may laugh, especially in difficult situations. Laughter is a part of human nature.
As I have often experienced RED NOSES clowns, I know the profound impact they have. Touching moments, such as those described in this book, are very familiar to me.
It fills me with pride to be able to call myself a part of the RED NOSES family.
Rolando Villazón
Star tenor, director and writer
Humour Ambassador of RED NOSES Clowndoctors International
About the Philosophy of RED NOSES Clowndoctors
Sigmund Freud once said, »Those who can’t laugh laugh anymore, are no longer viable.« In our view, this sentence underlines the fact that laughter is an essential human need.
We not only witness the power of humour in our daily work in the hospitals, but it’s also confirmed by doctors and nurses. In fact, happiness and laughter are often perceived as inappropriate in the hospital environment, especially in difficult situations. However, it’s exactly in these situations that one should feel free to laugh for the simple reason