paperTIGER

By papertiger

Camouflage.

It was the masks that mesmerised him. They were like snowflakes: no two alike. Some were made of wood and of plastic; some of straw and cloth and papier-mâché. Some were as bright as parrots, others as pale as parchment. Some were so grotesque he was certain they'd been carved by crazy people; others so perfect they looked like the death mask of angels. There were masks of clowns and foxes, masks like skulls decorated with real teeth, and one with carved flames instead of hair.

-- Clive Barker, The Thief of Always


This afternoon saw us making some camouflage masks to round off the Summer School, then the young people hid in the surrounding trees, bushes and tall grasses and we played hide-and-go-seek!

Some of them were a bit too good at it!

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