“....the primary importance of the body wearing the mask, the need to simplify and to eradicate the ‘white noise’ of unnecessary movement in order to boil it down to its essential elements....The noble mask does not lend itself to complexity; it is fundamentally concerned with clarity and essence, with purity and economy of gesture, and with honesty. Jean Dasté, relates: The mask demands both a simplification and an extension of gestures; something forces you to go to the limit of a feeling being expressed. .. One must project oneself with passion, intensity, and always with a certain joy, which amounts to “freedom.” The Mask and The Self: A historical exploration into the ways in which the phenomena of selfhood and the theatrical mask can illuminate each other By Matthew J. Cawson #ph @elianedkov #masks #phylosophy #wearing #masks #arte #artist #culture