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<p>[QUOTE="dude, post: 1364837, member: 13170"]The clown community is offended by such a matter-of-fact dismissal, Bakersgma, since the artist's "<u>creative skills [with different mediums convey his or her] community’s authentic cultural identity</u>, rather than an individual or idiosyncratic artistic identity," and since "clown society is a term used in anthropology and sociology for an organization of comedic entertainers (Heyoka or 'clowns') <u>who have a formalized role in a culture or society</u>." Both Wikipedia and my reasoning are never fallacious, of course!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />Seriously, though, I'm grateful to you and to the others who replied. To the pawn shop they will go . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dude, post: 1364837, member: 13170"]The clown community is offended by such a matter-of-fact dismissal, Bakersgma, since the artist's "[U]creative skills [with different mediums convey his or her] community’s authentic cultural identity[/U], rather than an individual or idiosyncratic artistic identity," and since "clown society is a term used in anthropology and sociology for an organization of comedic entertainers (Heyoka or 'clowns') [U]who have a formalized role in a culture or society[/U]." Both Wikipedia and my reasoning are never fallacious, of course!:wacky::p:D:smuggrin::):rolleyes:Seriously, though, I'm grateful to you and to the others who replied. To the pawn shop they will go . . .[/QUOTE]
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