A clown’s makeup and character, that’s all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character. -Emmett Kelly A clown is a performer and he smiles and performs to make others laugh, irrespective of what he feels deep inside his heart or what goes on his mind, irrespective of sorrows or pains. Similarly the painting showcases a clown who is asleep but has painted his eyelids as “open eyes” in the pretence of being awake. A real performer. This shows that the clown is performing his duty even when he is asleep. The bell and the spotlight shown in the painting is symbolic of the fact that a performer’s life is a stage itself and that he is always available to entertain his audience, to perform his duty, keeping aside all the odds. And in the words of a Joker – “they are destined to do this forever”