Masks are scary things when you create them coming from a dark place in your head. I think this is why I don't like to make frightening masks...they are really a collaboration between myself & the person wearing them. It's my art with your eyes looking out of it, see?
If I make something that's going on someone's face, and they are to be the "soul" of the mask ("the eyes are the soul of the art" is an old saying), then I want the mask to be either positive or at least neutral. A mask of sadness would be a sad thing to wear.
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Date: 2009-02-13 07:50 pm (UTC)If I make something that's going on someone's face, and they are to be the "soul" of the mask ("the eyes are the soul of the art" is an old saying), then I want the mask to be either positive or at least neutral. A mask of sadness would be a sad thing to wear.