Clown

The prophetic theological provocateur Claudio Carvalhaes, whose "confession to plants" in the chapel at Union Theological Seminary, where he is Professor of Worship, lit up the rightwing twittersphere (and who memorably visited one of my classes during covid) has a new project. During a recent sabbatical he learned to clown, and is now working on a play called "When Wajcha [his clown persona] meets Pachamama" which tries to face and overcome climate grief and despair with humor. We saw it with some Union friends. It's still a work in progress (there's a rat puppet Wajcha names Formaggio whose role in the story needs elaboration) but a work of fierce and infectious love.