njp+Clownlike



Now that I think about it, a baby could be seen as very clownlike. Not only the physical comparisons, such as the baby upside down in the womb, and a clown, standing on his head. "Moon skulled" referring to both their pale white faces; bald heads. Or a baby in the womb, in its amneotic fluid, "gilled like a fish" compared to a clowns frilly ruffles around his or her neck. But I do see babies as clownlike. They are funny, odd, strange, new; the epitome of joy. Awkward as they are, not yet used to their own existence, fumbling an kicking around in thheir own little world, much as a circus tent is to a performer. Both things are things we have no expirience watching in everyday life; very distant, vey odd. Yet when we see their pale white faces for the first time, we cannot help but to smile.