Hiatus

I can’t blog for a while. I have:
a University of California transfer application to finish and turn in
4 Shakespeare plays to read
2 film adaptations of a Shakespeare play to watch
6 papers to write on those plays and films
6 “scholarly” articles/essays to read
6 essay responses to those articles/essays to write
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We Wear the Mask(s)

Artwork by Guy Haley – title unknown

“We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes –
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties….”
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, We Wear the Mask
“It’s all impersonation–in the absence of a self, one impersonates selves, [...]

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