harpo_marx_seriousness_with_laughter hsg "Harpo was a child who never grew up. He was the best part of a human being -- the innocent part that can see things with Wonder. He was beautiful, like a naked child dancing around free-form because of joy, because the world is music to dance to, because other people are delights to laugh with and play with. And Harpo had in him that wonderful vision that made him see in others the Beauty Part, the Good Part, the Happy Part. He knew knew very well that there were Sad Things and Bad Things, and he knew that these are the things we call by the name of Reality. But Harpo could see more clearly than that. He could see deeper, where the real reality is, inside all of us where there is a_warm_place bubbling with fancy and laughter and music and playfulness and love. Harpo could feel all those things inside himself and inside every human being. He knew we were all born like that, but most of us get so scared to go around dancing free-form or singing out loud in public or laughing at the madness around us -- most of us get so scared, so civilized that we teach ourselves how to be ashamed and embarrassed, and we invent a disguise for ourselves, and we walk around looking serious and acting very somber and self_important. And we call it grown up." "A Gift of Laughter" by Allan Sherman 090228 what's it to you? who go blather from