TWO FACES OF MASKS
Masking the Not-So-Obvious
by Ken Brisken

Masked men influence us modern people in ways we might not even realize. They are in our popular culture in the form of heroes like Batman, The Lone Ranger, and Zorro. And they are in the news as bank robbers, terrorists, executioners and as Ku-Klux-Klan members. Used in ceremonies and in cathartic ritual, masks have been around for tens of thousands of years. They bring out the best and the worst in us and help us define who we are as human beings.
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