Three profanities

a remarkably foolish mantra?

Shit shit shit

The words flowed freely. The news? Our remarkable little corner of the world needed to shut down because we had thirty five cases. Enough community spread here to cause the authorities to clamp down hard on a very specific part of the region.

It’s warranted. It’s effective. It’s painful.

Shit shit shit

This mantra brings me back to Paris in the early oughts. I was studying all sorts of playful foolishness with a masterful fool - Philippe Gaulier.

The following passage is my imitation of him leading this exercise. This imitation will be imperfect. So. Sorry about that. If you have a better imitation, or happen to be Philippe himself? Please feel free to share it with me here. I would be delighted to hear your take. Especially if it’s Philippe. There would be something quite remarkable about him imitating himself.

In this exercise Philippe has asked for six students to stand in the front of the room and swear:

You will all stand with your back to the audience. Then? I will hit…