for Taylors University The Masks We Wear All of us have a variety of masks that each of us wears daily. These may be the identities that have been given to us, or ones that we have assumed over time. As long as we recognize that what we wear is a mask we all are right. But when the mask becomes the seeming reality for us, then our troubles begin. We confuse the mask with the person, and if we are achieve enough actors, so do those around us. Gradually the mask becomes a trap, and we become the mask (as the performers did in the ancient Greek plays who would utter their lines while holding a mask in front of their faces). The Masks We Wear Not every use of a mask is negative, however. Masks can help us build our own defenses for the time we need them. They can give us power, or at least the illusion of power, in a time when we may feel powerless. As long as the masks remain flexible and breakable, we can alter them at will, still realizing that we are not what we wear on our face as the mask we present to others. .. http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/spirit/masks.html Imagine you are a SUPERHERO/ Villain 1. What is your superpowers? 2. Explain your back ground and history 3. Your superhero NAME 4. Your characteristic, features, figure 5. Your philosophy and aim 6. Your costume 7. etc
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