MASKS strapped, we venture out into the world with a sense of trepidation. Every day when I strap on my newly-ordered cotton vintage-print masks, my mind turns to what masks really mean in these much-changed times. On the one hand, masks protect both the wearer and those they encounter. Then there was the French bus driver who was beaten to death merely for telling some passengers to wear masks while on board his bus. But we don’t need physical masks to hide the character of a person, that has the ability to reach out beyond any facial covering and reveal itself.

Source: The Star July 25, 2020 23:26 UTC