five years past a mentor

Nancy White is someone who knows a thing or two about the dynamics and information flow in meetings and collaborations.  She recently reposted a bit on the value of the clown in a meeting.   I was fortunate enough to work with a magnificent clown who also happened to be a mathematician and the most joyfully playful person I've met.  

 

In a few weeks five years will have passed since Norm's sudden death.  I wrote a short remembrance of what he meant to me that evening.  I'm always been a believer in the value of playfulness in what you do, but he helped me realize the sky didn't  begin to touch the limit.  

 

Here it is.  

(yes - he often wore curious hats)

May you be so lucky as to have the powerful magic of a joyful and brilliant clown in your midst.