In movies, the villain always rips off their disguise to reveal their true, monstrous nature. In conversation, we treat authenticity as a binary switch: you are either genuine (mask off) or fake (mask on).
We are raised to believe that masks are bad. mask to transform
But what if we’ve been thinking about masks all wrong? In movies, the villain always rips off their
So, go ahead. Pick a mask that scares you a little. Wear it for an hour. You might find that the person staring back in the mirror isn't a fraud. But what if we’ve been thinking about masks all wrong
Psychologically, we all wear masks (or what Carl Jung called personas) every day. You wear a different mask with your boss than you do with your toddler. You wear a different mask at a funeral than you do at a birthday party.
The mask is not a wall to hide behind. It is a scaffolding to grow upon.
"Just be yourself." "Stop pretending." "Take off the mask."