Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Masks and Crutches

joesflikr II

Like the crutch used by the dancers in the video, The Dance, we all wear masks. Yet unlike the dancers use of the crutch, free and willing to share, too many of us cling to the mask, hide behind it, make it the one, and only face we show the world.

Writers, like all people wear masks.

All too often we use our role as writer as a persona. The words of our stories become walls we hide behind, rather than steps upon the crutch on which to ascend to the epiphanies rooted in the depths of our souls. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/lpF4H

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