Hello and welcome (back!) to WAWTAR. After a week off we are back and talking about something on everyone's mind, wait, face. Of course we had to talk about masks at some point and we finally got around to it. What are they really? What are they in the "Old World?" And for us... what are they in the "New World?"

Links:

• Behind the Mask: The History and Symbolism of the Pandemic Icon
• How Face Masks Became A Powerful Symbol Of Expression In Dark Times
• MASKS OF THE SPIRIT - by Peter and Roberta Markmen
• A little on Joseph Campbell

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