@whimsic_aly: I’ve been thinking a lot lately about life as performance and how much energy I’ll put into acting the role of who I think people want me to be. There’s a Japanese proverb that’s always resonated with me: “You have three faces: the first face you show the world, the second to close friends and family, and the third you never show anyone.” While this may be true and may highlight the need for self-love and growth or even the need to protect and keep private parts of ourselves, this level of masking still feels sad to me. So much of love is synonymous with and found in trust and understanding and being known. And the only way forward is to try to crack the vessel a little bit and test the limits of how much of myself I can try to push outward into the world beyond the mask. 🎭 Sonder coined by John Koenig in The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Normally, I don’t like posting other people in my videos even at this distance, but I’m hoping each passerby’s silhouette won’t mind that they’ve been a part of my international reflection. #france #marseille #sonder #dictionaryofobscuresorrows #authenticity
