A series of masks and costumes.

Someone wrote…

I used to think it was just my whole life was one drag show I didn’t want. Now I see that my life is just a series of masks and costumes. For the first time in many months I finally went back to a place where I could drop all the masks I put on for others, and sit back with my friends and my own collection.

What’s your experience?

And what are you thinking about gender right now?


Posted by on October 21st, 2010 at 08:00 am

Category: your voice One comment »

One Response to “A series of masks and costumes.”

  1. Jessica
    October 21st, 2010 at 2:51 pm |

    Congratulations! Doesn’t it feel good to throw off all those burdens? One of my favorite poets, Hans Enzensberger had a poem called vending machine (http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/6/1423.full) that neatly describes to me how we get over-written by the world with images and expectations…

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