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19. Clowns' ritual - individual Description of the exercise: Find a little ritual for putting on and off your red nose (possibly three movements that you can always repeat before putting on your nose). Aim of the exercise: Create a transition Transform yourself into another character Have a conscious and private moment about changing reality Put yourself in a playing mood Structure: individual Target population: any population Minimum-maximum group size: any size Conditions: You can install it after a first meeting with the clown or in a later phase. This is a ritual that can accompany you throughout your whole "clown life". It is important that you find a quiet place in the room and that you have a private moment just with yourself to concentrate on the transition moment into the clown role. Duration: 30 sec - 2 min Equipment: red noses Development of the exercise, possible variations: If you (later?) work with make-up, you can also integrate your little ritual in the phase of putting on the make-up. Then the short ritual becomes a whole "meditation" of getting into your inner clown for those who might need more time than a little short "switch". There are different notions of clowning, but from what I learned in my theatre school and what I am convinced of is that you never put on your nose in public, you always have your private magic transition moment in which you find the switch from the private person to your clown character. It is very helpful to have your own clown ritual that you can celebrate in any moment when you want to switch and that helps you to transform yourself . Meta-feedback, debriefing: How do you create transitions in your life? How do you care for your needs? Learning outcomes: 9 adopt an attitude of reflectiveness 10. take an attitude of readiness to unlearn 11. develop knowledge of the various dimensions of identity 14. take an attitude of openness to accept one’s own unconscious behaviours/habits 41. switch/change perspective Result of ‘The Artist Within – Applied eMOTION’ Erasmus+ project