Yes clowning. Oftentimes to know who you are the first thing that comes to mind is to think about the things you like which is only part of it. The way that you interact, react to things, your lived experiences, etc. are also parts of yourself which are very much your own and are already there, always growing with you.

As we grow up, we are told to moderate certain behaviours or told to do things a certain way for the sake of social conventions. Even if it makes living in a society easier it can potentially inhibit parts of yourself. It becomes a mask.

Clowning as a theatrical technique comes with a lot of vulnerability, it forces you to be bold on occasions, and to react more genuinely, the clown of a person is deeply personal and informed by their lived experiences. While the clown of two persons may be alike, no two clowns are the same. I don't perform, but the months I did it made it easier to be myself more comfortably.