katielou
persons behind the mask
posted Friday, 6 June 2008
For all those of you who believe that SecondLife is a 'game' or that everyone has a perfect Barbie-esque look and shape, here's a fantastic video from Rob Wright. He expresses it below more eloquently than I, but I am fascinated by this, by the sheer variety of faces, and the personae and the person that you see shining through. The beauty and creativity of the human race. Watch and appreciate. It is such an expressive way to break open the online identity question.
"War-paint. Camouflage. Concealment. Act of self-expression or of belonging to a group. Representation, reflection, or pretense? For protection sometimes; actually often. A curtain, a screen, a veil behind which to hide. A shield, disguise or figment. Often fanciful though - ones persona, like war-paint. Masks and avatars. Behind each, a person, with hopes and fears, with feelings often much deeper than the side they show; actually, always."
"War-paint. Camouflage. Concealment. Act of self-expression or of belonging to a group. Representation, reflection, or pretense? For protection sometimes; actually often. A curtain, a screen, a veil behind which to hide. A shield, disguise or figment. Often fanciful though - ones persona, like war-paint. Masks and avatars. Behind each, a person, with hopes and fears, with feelings often much deeper than the side they show; actually, always."
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