Photo by Darlene Pfister / StarTribune staff photographer:

In the 1970s I played a mime at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.  This picture is what I looked like my last year wearing white-face.

In the 1980s I transformed into a red nose clown, but I started out learning my craft by never saying a word all day.

Now in the 21st century I cluck and crow like a rooster.

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