"Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us - what happens with the rest?"

Quote by Pascal Mercier

My mask making began with a visit to the Alice Atelier, Florence Italy, where I met Professor Agostino Dessi and daughter Alice and learned how to make a mask the traditional Italian way. “These are story containers” Agostino explains, “Stories are delicate, it’s best to store them in places that suit them. The stories a person can give to the world are precious”. Visit the Alice Atelier at http://www.alicemasks.com/

“Masks are made to liberate people’s hearts and minds” Agostino Dessi.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

A Refined Escape


A woman once told me that dressing up [in mask & costume] was about creating a world safe as a child's bedroom should be - where she "cannot be reached". By dressing up she was saying: the imagination, the body, the world is not hostile. Did you know that Picasso thought along similar lines...that his paintings were a refined escape from a hostile world. Interesting thought!
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Anonymous said...

Lovely blog! :-) yay! i am on your blog. The picture reminds me of how much fun I had at Flavia's birthday that year!
Love Kate xxx :-)

January 6, 2008 at 10:27 PM

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