Being the court jester is something that entails as much concentration from one individual as king does if not more. Some say we’ve all been branded fools but I tend to disagree, our hunger is from a fall, language is primitive – chaos is silence. See the wooden bowls for food on the right, this is something we should think left about. Your health is the most vital asset and this is your lifeline, so naturally you should take this the most serious. This is why I think this occupation existed then and still does, because everyone needs a Richard Pryor. Comedy seems like its taking advantage of the spontaneity of the situation, mastering timing. I watched “The Serpent & The Rainbow” this screamed, INDUSTRY. I loved the scene where the lady is possessed at the dinner table and tries to kill homey, no where to run to baby, no where to hide. It makes me recognize the true power we have. Palo & Yoruba are by no means anything closely related to legerdemain, and it is strongly associated with branding — in the sense that you are familiarizing an action with a symbol. So you are a human computer and technology is evil [Philip Emeagwali] so we must use it like fire, knowledge or light! I’m sure the fool has plenty of things that will baffle the king out of his kingdom but we all know the patriarchal monarchy is a myth and the scepter is the king. With that being said, if we work like the circuit board playing our position the electricity is bound to happen. Call it cosmic, conscious or whatever you like — this is living, you’re going to make a command one way or another anyway, might as well know what it is. Watch what you eat, spell, think and do on a continuous cycle. Reality TV for the family could work as therapy.