 I met Jasper in 1994 when I ran the costume shop at Camp Winter Rainbow, a circus camp in the woods of Northern California. Jasper taught drama and art. Every day I'd stand in the costume barn peering over the rack of clown suits as Jasper improvised for the kids. He was tall with floppy blonde hair, a booming laugh, and a Tom Hanksian charm. I wanted to be Jasper, or at least be like him.