I love this! I was just talking to some friends the other day about how the older I get the more afraid I am to look like a fool (to be rejected, to fail, to be judged, etc.). It's so obvious to me how fearless (and foolish... in the best way possible) we are as kids but get conditioned over time to hide, repress and protect this fleeting and changeable personality (the pile of words we take ourselves to be as you said). So we become afraid to be who we are. Even though I can see it though I still need some Coyote medicine to shake me up, to make me fall on my face, let loose and laugh at how serious I take myself and my beliefs sometimes. Do you think we all keep cyclying back to integrate the Fool archetype at various times in our lives? When we're ready to start another adventure maybe?