I am sure that everyone knows what is mask. Mask is a covering worn on the face to conceal one's identity. In some cultures, mask has became a sign for their God , or their art style. In today's meaning, mask is also being used to describe a personality of that person in which they called as 'two-faced people', means that this person acts differently when facing others to hide their real purposes.
The mask above is the chinese magic mask, which is called ' Bian lian' . Bian lian is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, which they change within a fraction of a second.
The mask above is the chinese magic mask, which is called ' Bian lian' . Bian lian is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, which they change within a fraction of a second.
These two masks are art masks. The colour combinations that playing around within the space and lines that formed shows the creativity and variety of functions of mask ,especially in design field. Art mask can represents a designer's identity.
Party masks
Korea traditional masks.
India traditional mask
To me, mask has a lots of meanings. Mask can be beautiful, a mysterious story behind it,an icon for a culture, a sign of confidence, a unique artwork, or even a scary covering. In fact, all of us are wearing transparent mask everyday, which is unseen. Surprisingly, we actually change masks in every single moment even a second according to different people and different situation. People keep on complaining that why are there many people nowadays tend to wear fake mask to hide them and cheat others for their own purposes.
Yes, I do agree that this is a fact, but if you can try to think on the other side, they are wearing fake masks because they have to. Unconciously, We are wearing fake masks too in daily life when we are criticising about others. We do this everyday because we need to protect ourselves , as well as convincing others to think well of us. Actually, wearing fake mask in some situations is required to prevent from conflicts. Fake mask can turn into a way to protect ourselves and also others' feeling, but not for cheating purposes. We should be considerate that every mask has a reason or story behind it. I am not saying that I support hide our real self with fake masks , but we have to be aware of how things changing around us. The main theme I want to bring out is be cooperative with others to create a harmony environment. If reliance between people is build up, they won't have to wear fake masks anymore.
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