The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
The audience see a JOKER as JOKER...! But the JOKER sees himself as a PERFORMER.... No matter what others think. it is your life. Go on with Confidence..!!
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
