We each present many selves, whether they be true or false images of who we might seem to be. Behind the masks we all wear is the essence of who we are at the core of our being. The hard part is identifying who that being truly is. As we explore the meaning of wearing a mask, we learn that none of us are quite who or what we seem, not even to ourselves. In putting on a mask, we are able to simulate many identities, to which we attribute to our sense of "self."
My mask represented the dual identity of the true and false self each of us simultaneously entertains. It is a theatrical and dramatic illustration of the false creation of false beauty. Under the shelter of a veil, the natural humility and pure innocence of a freckled face lingers unseen and unappreciated. This illustration seems to reveal the sad existence of the dual identity in each of us, as we learn that it is the mask or image "behind which there is no substance."
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