This mask touches and exhilarates centers of life
beyond our present reality. It serves as a means
of transforming the ordinary to the
extraordinary, the natural to the supernatural.
The mask has always been used as a ritual agent
of transformation in Meso-America. The wearer
of this mask represented a God. He manifested
the life force. Through that ritual transformation
joining the world of spirit and nature, man and
God fused in the zone of mysterious transition
marked by the mask itself. This mask is the seat
of the soul, where the outer and inner worlds
meet. We are left to ponder over the mysteries of
the Universe hidden behind this mask, and the
awakened insights it has brought to our own
inner spirits. This mask radiates energy from
its dynamic expression and clearly shows the
physical features. Powerful forces seem to
emanate from the open spaces of the eyes. The
open mouth hints to the awesome power of
spirituality and man's reverence to nature. It is an
astounding work of art which makes our
imagination productive and capable of conceiving
the inconceivable, the divine.
- (PF.3632)
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