Hunter Doherty „Patch“ Adams ist ein US-amerikanischer Arzt. Er gründete 1972 das Gesundheit! Institute. Sein Leben war das Vorbild für den Film Patch Adams mit Robin Williams in der Titelrolle. Adams lebt heute in Arlington, Virginia, wo er in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Institut alternative Heilkunst praktiziert.
Patch Adams ist auch Sozialaktivist, „Bürger-Diplomat“, Profi-Clown, Darsteller und Autor. Jedes Jahr organisiert er eine Gruppe von freiwilligen Clowns aus der ganzen Welt, die gemeinsam nach Russland reisen, um Waisen, Kranken und allen anderen Hoffnung zu geben. 1998 hat er auch Bosnien-Herzegowina besucht. Außerdem ist er Schirmherr des Berliner Vereins namu Art for Life Network e. V., mit dessen Akteuren er seit 2009 Kinder in Berliner Kliniken besucht. Wikipedia
“People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close.”
As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gtw5nzgYpA <br class="br">Kontext: You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to allow you to do.
As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)
Quelle: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. 10
Quelle: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. 129
As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)
“I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant.”
As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016)
Kontext: Any can do it — BE RADIANT! Make the decision. I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant.
Quelle: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. 121
“Imagination is an infinite resource that cannot be diminished by overuse or underuse.”
Quelle: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. 58
"Conferenza con Patch Adams a Reggio Emilia" arcoiris tv (27 March 2008) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goppIcodJo
Quelle: House Calls: How we can all heal the world one visit at a time (1998), p. xi
