This poem was written to accompany a painted mask donated to the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum for their fundraising auction, and is about what happens to us when we don a mask, and a metaphor for our daily choices about who we are:
Don this mask and become a stranger,
an unknown guest
Mirrored in others’ eyes the question,
Are You villain, hero, observer, or in conquest
Here is your visage for adventure and treasure untold
Embark upon this masquerade journey,
Let the Voyage unfold!
To see the actual mask this poem was painted for, see wishes.bz
