Cheyanne Jamison-Landscapes of the Sacred:The Ordinary as Mask of the Holy

The Ordinary as Mask of the Holy explains how nothing is as it initially appears. It is something more complex than that. Martin Luther recognized that God could not be pursued directly. "God always remains hidden, veiled by a mask (larva). These masks not only hide, but they can reveal certain aspects that could not otherwise be seen. The Hopi used masks as a right of passage for young Hopi boys. They taught them that one's appearance is not what it looks like and that once their mask is removed, or seen through, then their true appearance is revealed. Even today people all around the world use masks of some form. Masks on All Hallow's Eve or the mask of a clown. All of these are masks meant to hide one's true appearance. The intention of them may vary from person to person, but a mask is meant to hide and reveal.