In the off-Broadway musical "Fantasticks", a song entitled "Round and Round" proclaims, "hold up your mask then it all will be pretty." This song depicts horrible images that transform into beautiful stories when viewed through a special mask. The mask converts a boy being burned to death into a man covered in a beautiful orange-red robe. In this musical, and often in real life, wearing a mask filters out the evil in the world, and allows the world to be viewed as a more beautiful place. Wearing a mask can also allow the world to see the wearer as a more appealing person. On several occasions, I have put on a mask to shield myself from my surroundings. I am unsure if my intentions were to fool others into thinking I am something I am not, or to fool myself into thinking this, but I do know that...