masks
the wilderness
where we shall be
where we are found
in an isolated space
exclusive
only to us
where we are our own
nobody to please
just ourselves
we lost ourselves
in the world of pretence
where we make use of masks
to hide
and to cover
leaving no traces
foot trails
nowhere to be found
we are experts
the facade
it…
John Gibson, 1790-1866
The Three Graces with Cupid, ca.1820s
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool



