Planning and making the "Non-Essential" piece
For the face paint component of the Apparently, I'm not essential piece, I researched the meanings behind the clown symbol and collected some information. To embrace the clown character you have to work with the face that's looking back at you in the mirror. I wanted to play a fool because I feel like a fool studying art and paying all this money only to be told to retrain by the government.
The following definition of the clown symbol (Kaleidoscope effect, 2021) captured the essence of why I thought the clown would be and appropriate representation of my sentiment:
"The clown is
a dual symbol. On the one hand, he reminds that you need to laugh and
not take all things very seriously, on the other – the clown is an ominous
character.
Like the
jester, the clown is the mystical sign of the transformed king — the inversion
of the possessor of higher authority. Thus, the clown is a substitute victim
(with a close astrobiological and primitive idea of the ritual murder of the
ruler). The clown is the last, while the king is the first, but in the mystical
order of things the last becomes the second closest to the first."
References:
Clowning acts as a creative conduit for personal expression through jokes, costumes, props, and makeup. And finding the right clown makeup is a lot about working with what you’ve got—“not the face you wish you had, but the face that’s looking at you in the mirror,” Raz explained. Using what you have and who you are remains a keystone of clowning.
https://festival.si.edu/blog/the-meaning-of-makeup-clowning-and-its-larger-significancePutting on Clown Makeup, also known as Clown Makeup Tutorial refers to a series of memes based on a step-by-step tutorial guide for applying clown makeup. The format gained initial popularity on Twitter in June 2019 and spread to Reddit, Tumblr and other social networks in the following months, usually used to illustrate a person making an increasingly larger fool of himself by providing arguments which are deemed increasingly weak or illogical.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/putting-on-clown-makeupThe clown is a symbol of the mind. The clown scoffs at everything serious in the world, he is cynical and uses humor to show people that they are too serious. He reminds us that to be a man is to make mistakes, to laugh and fool around. However, the clown is a dual symbol. On the one hand, he reminds that you need to laugh and not take all things very seriously, on the other – the clown is an ominous character.
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