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Foolish Wisdom: Stories, Activities, and Reflections from Ken Feit, I.F. (Itinerant Fool)

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Ken Feit is the most extraordinary human being I never met. In the late 1980's he visited London, England for one show only. When I hear of this I applied to go but it was too l ate. He had already left and was, I was informed, somewhere in the middle of the Sahara desert. My attempts to find our more about this wise fool have constantly been frustrated by lack of information. Now Joseph Martin has put together a collection of stories, sketches, haiku poems and foolish thoughts as an excellent tribute. From the setting free ice cubes which had been bought at the local garage by floating them on the lake , to allowing his hand to be used as a ' tree' by a spider making his web, Ken challenges our priorities and worldviews. This book beautifully catches Ken's challenge to playful religion, with chapters on such topics as the priest, the fool, the story teller and the mystic. Some sound poems are also included with a brief introduction to this art form along with several performance scripts and dozens of ideas for storytellers of all kinds and ages.

Even with all this stimulating material, perhaps the book is most effective as a doorway into the imagination.- It shows us how to live foolishly in everyday situations. As Ken says,

we fools merely probe playful possibilities, mirror ridiculous realities, and retreat behind our motley, with a twinkle in our eyes. Don't take us ( or yourself) too seriously.

A great collection of the thoughts and acts of one, very unusual, person. I highly recommend it for all trainee fools.

A slim biographical of one who obviously deserves remembering, but it is done from a loving heart, not cold hard research. Full of praise and tidbits of quotes, the title seems misleading to me. I expected more "Foolish Wisdom" than it offers.