Insurance Mask ?

Is the mask an insurance against specified loss of social status and material gains, in return for paying the premiums, which is to become a hypocritical person?

During my younger days, my playmates and I loved to make paper-mâché masks, out of old newspapers and glue made from flour and water. We were quite creative and innovative then, and ended up with a sizable collection of masks of all types of weird shapes and colours in our stock of self-made toys. We would often choose our masks based on the theme of play for that particular day, and wear them out to 'harass' the neighbourhood. We derived lots of pleasures from having a unique identity as the masked kids, and being different from others.

I never would have thought that we weren't that dissimilar to everyone else. In fact, everyone is wearing a mask of some sort, most of the times. We wear different masks when we slip in and out of the different roles that we play each day. For some people, the most frequently used mask has meshed with their actual faces. It has become their dominant and permanent mask, and all the secondary masks are worn over it. Makeover and cosmetics makeup are also a type of mask to create a false or distorted sensory experiences for others, and especially for the wearer. You may argue that it is not presenting something which is never there, but it is bringing out something or quality which is already there but remain hidden, dormant or undeveloped due to one reason or another. And I agree. We are evolving creatures, and any obsolete and worn-out mask should be replaced with a more relevant and effective one.

It is fun to wear the masks of some famous characters to attend some carnivals. It is necessary to wear the masks to perform some tribal ceremonies. It is 'cute' to wear a funny mask once in a while to tease someone special. But it's despicable to wear those 'masks' that look down on your fellow men because of your superiority and advantage in social and financial status. Otherwise if you so choose, to wear a mask for absolute privacy in your personal life like I do, it is okay - I guess. And here is my 'lovely' mask :)