Micko’s plan is based on swarm behavior in nature.
What is cool about swarm behavior is that a group of individual critters such as ants, termites, fish, and birds. can communicate in a way that results in group behavior and accomplishments that the individual critters could not do on their own. Clown scientists believe that very simple rules in the behavior of the critters account for the working together of the group.
It is not thought that the individual critters are planning these collective actions; rather that they are programmed to do these actions.
Micko says that we can choose to create our own Clown Swarm that wouldn’t be preprogrammed.
Our swarm would be synergistic: individual clowns would become happier and more satisfied with their lives while working with other clowns to create a better world, and Clown Nation would also get better as it created social stuff to allow individuals to flourish.
Like swarm behavior in nature, our swarm would have rules, but we would create these rules:
Probe: What are you doing already to maximize your love flow?
This could be things you do to increase your Love for yourself, like meditation, yoga, mindfulness, and laughing yoga.
Or, it could be things you do increase your Love for others. like volunteering, donating money to causes you believe in, or giving free hugs to clowns on the street!
Or, it could be things you do to increase Love for our world, like recycling or picking up litter.
Or maybe you’re already to join our clown swarm? Click here!
We have no queen, but we move as a team,
We build up a wave from a tiny red dream.
No single leader tells us where to go,
We spread out together to make the love flow.
A Clown Swarm!
In order to make rules 2-5 more interesting to check out, Micko has created a 2 phase presentation.
The very next part is an interactive circle that allows you to click around the circle to read about rules 2-5.
Immediately below the circle is the Tab section. By clicking on a tab you will see a reflection module that allows you to type in some reflelcltions on that rule and/or sketch a doodle or doodletoon, if you choose.
There is also a clown riddle for you to solve that helps your mind “incubate”, which gives your mind a break and lets your unconscioius processing happen.
Do you sometimes put yourself down?
Do you sometimes put other clowns down?
Do you find yourself making judgments about other clowns?
Do you believe that clowns will never change?
Do you believe the world is falling apart and there is nothing we can do about it?
BE HONEST: Do you believe Micko is wrong that we could create a World of Love?
(Go to tab 2 below if you want to reflect on this rule right now)
Rule 3: Clowns sould choose to work together with
other clowns to create a World of Love, either in person or in spirit (being part of a global movement).
If you choose, you can do your part of spreading your Love without actually working with other clowns. You would still be part of our Clown Swarm.
But if you work with other clowns in some manner, all sorts of good things will happen. For instance, if 2 or more clowns connect with each other sharing positive emotons and purpose, this becomes Love 2.0, which LoveBlossoms (Barbara Fredrickson) says is the highest form of Love. Group activity also creates stronger upward spirals.
Here are some ways you could engage with other clowns: create a helping activity with one other clown, volunteer, join or form a group on this site or off this site, create your own podcast, create a pie throwing contest.
How do you FEEL about the idea of working with others,
in person or in spirit, to create a World of Love?
(Go to tab 3 below if you want to reflect on this rule right now)
Each clown could adjust their sense of identity such that their personal identity is merged with a more inclusive social identity that Micko calls Swarm Identity.
(Go to tab 4 below if you want to reflect on this rule right now)
Each clown could choose to find their own unique way to help create a World of Love.
(Go to tab 5 below if you want to reflect on this rule right now)
Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
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I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
Tab Content
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
Tab Content
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Tab Content
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
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Love experiments
By each of us increasing our Love Flow, we are adding to World Love Flow.
Think about it: billions of clowns increasing our Love Flow…even in little ways…
The process is very simple, you just try something to increase your Love Flow and see if something positive happens! If you want to see more details of Micko’s intervention click here.
You’ve heard about chaos theory and the butterfly effect?
Imagine Billions of butterflies (or clowns) doing little things that increase Love Flow!
Probe: What are some little things you have done recently that may have increased Love Flow a little bit?
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An acro-bat!
To help you get into the swing of these Love Experiments, Micko will start you off with an easy strategy.
Just watch the following video and then comment on what happened for you.
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An acro-bat!
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An acro-bat!
There are many ways you could choose to increase Love Flow in yourself, others, and our world.
Many of them are listed in the grid below. Check them out and maybe try one or two.
| Internet or Micko | LoveBlossoms (Barbra Fredrickson) | FlowingLove (Daniel Seigel) | HappyLove (Sonja Lyubomirsky) | QuantumLove (Lynne McTaggart) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
“Every single clown holds a unique spark of this peace. What we can do together as a swarm is beautiful, but it only works if it comes from your own joy and your own choice. There is no pressure here. If you just want to read and breathe with us, you are fully participating. If you feel a spark to share a reflection, drop a comment, or join our forum to plan a swarm, the door is wide open. You decide the pace.”
I don’t look for battles, I don’t look for fights,
I bring down the walls and I turn on the lights.
I heal up the world with a laugh and a dance,
And give every stranger a hopeful new chance.
A Peace-Making Clown!
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
We have no queen, but we move as a team,
We build up a wave from a tiny red dream.
No single leader tells us where to go,
We spread out together to make the love flow.
A Clown Swarm!
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
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I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
Tab Content
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
Tab Content
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
Tab Content
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
Tab Content
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
Tab Content
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
Tab Content
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Do you sometimes put yourself down?
Do you sometimes put other clowns down?
Do you find yourself making judgments about other clowns?
Do you believe that clowns will never change?
Do you believe the world is falling apart and there is nothing we can do about it?
BE HONEST: Do you believe Micko is wrong that we could create a World of Love?
Rule 3: Clowns sould choose to work together with
other clowns to create a World of Love, either in person or in spirit (being part of a global movement).
If you choose, you can do your part of spreading your Love without actually working with other clowns. You would still be part of our Clown Swarm.
But if you work with other clowns in some manner, all sorts of good things will happen. For instance, if 2 or more clowns connect with each other sharing positive emotons and purpose, this becomes Love 2.0, which LoveBlossoms (Barbara Fredrickson) says is the highest form of Love. Group activity also creates stronger upward spirals.
Here are some ways you could engage with other clowns: create a helping activity with one other clown, volunteer, join or form a group on this site or off this site, create your own podcast, create a pie throwing contest.
How do you FEEL about the idea of working with others,
in person or in spirit, to create a World of Love?
Each clown could adjust their sense of identity such that their personal identity is merged with a more inclusive social identity that Micko calls Swarm Identity.
Each clown could choose to find their own unique way to help create a World of Love.
Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
Tab Content
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
Tab Content
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
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Each clown could choose to minimize their negativity.
What do you call a clumsy clown who can see in the dark?
An acro-bat!
Clowns could choose to work together with other clowns to create a World of Love, either in person or in spirit (being part of a global movement).
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An acro-bat!
Each clown could adjust their sense of identity such that their personal identity is merged with a more inclusive social identity that Micko calls Swarm Identity.
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An acro-bat!
Each clown could choose to find their own unique way to help create a World of Love.
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An acro-bat!
Love experiments
By each of us increasing our Love Flow, we are adding to World Love Flow.
Think about it: billions of clowns increasing our Love Flow…even in little ways…
The process is very simple, you just try something to increase your Love Flow and see if something positive happens! If you want to see more details of Micko’s intervention click here.
You’ve heard about chaos theory and the butterfly effect?
Imagine Billions of butterflies (or clowns) doing little things that increase Love Flow!
Probe: What are some little things you have done recently that may have increased Love Flow a little bit?
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An acro-bat!
To help you get into the swing of these Love Experiments, Micko will start you off with an easy strategy.
Just watch the following video and then comment on what happened for you.
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An acro-bat!
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An acro-bat!
There are many ways you could choose to increase Love Flow in yourself, others, and our world.
Many of them are listed in the grid below. Check them out and maybe try one or two.
| Internet or Micko | LoveBlossoms (Barbra Fredrickson) | FlowingLove (Daniel Seigel) | HappyLove (Sonja Lyubomirsky) | QuantumLove (Lynne McTaggart) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
I have no voice, but I speak to the crowd,
I wear a red nose and a jacket too loud.
I look in the mirror to check my reflection,
And step into the circle to make a Love connection.
A Clown for Peace!
I am a puzzle with words, not a key,
I block up the path till you stop and face me.
I make your brain pause while you look for the clue,
And sit in your mind while the ideas brew.
An Incubation Riddle!
I sit with my questions and look deep inside,
I uncover the truths that the ego would hide.
I join up with others to build a grand swarm,
To leave every heart just a little more warm.
An Awakening Clown!
I bumble and stumble,
and sometimes I mumble.
I’m not very smart,
but what Love in my heart!
Micko
Micko’s plan is a form of Action Research, in which clowns work together focusing on solving problems in the real world and creating positive change.
All participants are actively involved as co-researchers in the entire process, rather than being just research subjects.
Are you interested in being a co-researcher in this research project?
According Micko, Upward Spirals are the engine that drives the evolution of Love Flow. LoveBlossoms (Barbara Fredrickson) has written about and researched upward spirals and in fact was the most significant influence in Micko’s doing his dissertation on Upward spirals of positive well-being when in Clown College (https://www.proquest.com/openview/c25bb0af454c36ace923d8ebbfaf658d/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y).
Micko believes that all spirals in Clown experience are based on one simple dynamic: reciprocal causation, For instance, one clown helps out another clown. The helper is likely to feel positive emotions due to helping the other clown, and the clown helped is also likely to feel positive emotions like gratitude. The helper is then likely to feel more positive emotions due to the expression of gratitude by the other clown.
Furthermore, as LoveBossoms [ points out, a witness could feel uplifting emotions while watching.
But Micko believes there are more complex spirals that can happen in clown experience: spirals in small groups like families, classrooms, and work groups, spirals in organizations, and spirals in networks,
The largest and most powerful spirals Micko envisions are a Swarm spiral, a global spiral, and a generational spiral.
To check out these spirals go here.
Micko believes that the key to creating a World of Love over future generations is how we help young clowns to understand their Love Flow and to see that they can be part of creating a World of Love.
We can present to young clowns the four rules of creating our Clown Swarm.
We can help young clowns understand that they can make up their own minds about all this stuff.
Over time, young clowns will internalize what they choose to accept and this will become part of their growth process.
Micko believes young clowns will choose to buy in to the notion of creating a Clown Swarm, and in that process they will transform clown culture.
If you are a parent or teacher or young clown caregiver you can play the most important role in this process!