My absolute favorite Rose event thus far was definitely last week’s mask making at the Johnson. Admittedly, the event was very different than I had initially perceived. I thought the event was going to be a quick masquerade style mask making festival with feathers and plastic string masks. To my surprise, the event was so much cooler: we took a quick tour of different historical masks used for tribal rituals and festivals. From there, we walked into a very artsy room, we got our own smocks, we chose our own paints, and we got a blank imprint to design.
Those 90 minutes were the most relaxing 90 minutes I’ve had since I’ve been here: no school, no work, no prelims; it was just me and my thoughts. I spent about half the time trying to figure out what colors to use and how I wanted the mask to look. The whole process was very stress-free and it allowed me to just sit down and think about my life (one of those deep introspective conversations).
Here are the masks we made:
Mine is the red one; my friend made the black (much more creative, artsy) one.
Wow! Those masks are absolutely gorgeous and juxtapositional to each other. Cool!
I agree with you! Doing arts and crafts and feeling like a kid again is really stress-free and lets your mind go free. I miss the days where art was my main outlet to express my creativity and emotions.