The artist the we have picked and interviewed on is Mr. Jailani Abu Hassan, who is also fondly known as 'Jai'. A remarkable and talented Malaysian Artist that is currently a lecturer in UiTM. Lots of thanks to my crew for the hard work to produce this documentary and I hope you find this an inspiration to watch!
Enjoy~<3
“Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odors...
Spices and bold flavorings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat...
What then was music created for?
Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves?
I think I know.”
-Emilie Autumn
THE MASK?!?!
Masking Tape?
Facial Mask?
Pantomime Mask?
Masquerade Mask?
or a mask that conceals your face..
A protection mask?
so how many masks are there.. really?
From what I researched and know, a mask typically is an object that is worn on a individual's face, most commonly for face treatment, performance, entertainment, disguise, protection. Masks have been used in other means such as in cultural and ritual, theatrically, functional, fashion and also disguise. Masks also have a psychological meaning in association with disguise which I will share with you, in a psychological point of view. I'm crazy over these psychological things so I really dug deep into this topic.
The Persona.
Psychologist Carl Jung refers this mask to be a 'persona'. The latin word personae means ‘mask’, and was used to describe the masks worn in ancient Greek plays. It is a mental mask that a person wears depending on what situation they are placed in and how they feel they need to act to deal with it. Although it’s described as a mask, by no means is donning a persona considered to be hiding from the truth. A persona takes an important aspect of that person’s true identity and it blends with a social identity to fit in. People tend to naturally become slightly different people based on their surroundings. One can tell the difference by themselves, most of the time. At home, perhaps you're more anti social and quiet. At school, perhaps you are a social butterfly and you like to be around your friends. Imagine if one day it becomes reversed, then you'd socially isolated and detached from everyone in school. Everyone has their own set of persona to help them belong in the world and interact with others, so how could you be sure you don't wear one?
The Shadow
The polar opposite of the persona is the shadow. It represents every thought or feeling in our heads, usually of a vulgar, shameful, or corrupt nature, the shadow is formed when one cannot uphold one's idea of oneself. We reject the shadow because these thoughts take us farther away from this ideal self. Carl Jung called it shadow purposely to represent the duality of the shadow and persona, to hint at the darkness it brings, and to show that the shadow will always exist. You can’t have light with shadows. So how do you live a happy life with a shadow looming around? Carl Jung says you just have to accept your shadow…therefore, accept your darkest thoughts.
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Have you attempted to "put on a brave face" or "mask your feelings?"
Everyone wears a mask at one point in their lives. It's something inevitable, and its not wrong. We often put a fake smile on our faces and act like nothing is wrong. We hide behind a concerned face, and make people believe we're listening. So..
Why do we wear these mental masks?
Why is it difficult for us to say what we want?
Are the masks imposed on us?
YES, We often wear it for self protection. Masks help us build our own defenses., they give us the power.. or at least the illusion of it at times when we feel powerless. Sometimes we wear a mask to shield ourselves from getting hurt. We've been proverbially attacked countless times from acts of deceit and betrayal. I'm sure we can all relate to that, yes? We fear rejection. We fear someone will make fun of us for what we hold believe in, also in what we think or feel. Desperately, we all try to fit into the society. We're born into the world naked and exposed, totally vulnerable and dependent on people around us. Masks change appearances and disguise our weaknesses. With our mask, we forge a display of confidence. A mask gives us an opportunity to become something more attractive. But which would be worse? Losing ourselves to the mask or not being able to remove it? The bittersweet truth is that there may come a time when we cannot remove a mask without removing some of our own skin. Does it ring a bell? ;)
Humor is one of those things in life which defies analysis ; cause its either you have it or you don't, and either you enjoy it or you don't. Humor is an art form.
Now now..
Why DO we laugh?
sourceCauseeeeeeee comedy can be used to talk about things that we normally don't, and it can be used to talk about things from a different perspective. Comedy is not meant to be taken seriously, thus comedians have the ability to say things that in other circumstances could not be mentioned. Make sense? PARODIES. or spoof. the art of turning or mimicking an original work into something much funnier.. and entertaining at times. Some can be really dumb and insulting though.
IM SURE YOU WATCHED THIS AS A KID.
If you're a local surfer on youtube and a fan of entertainment and laughs, this Ventriloquism is another form of comedy! If you do not know Achmed the Dead Terrorist.. I feel sorry for you. But yes this is one of the newest videos Jeff Dunham posted recently.
I swear this is my brother's fault. He is the sole reason I knew wrestling as a child. But yes thanks to that I knew the funnyman Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. A professional wrestler who moved into the film industry in 2004. Most of his movies are hilarious. The Rundown..Journey to Mysterious Island..Be cool! . . .oh not you. above ^^^^
I dont know if blooper is a form of comedy but some are really really hilarious. Like Jackie Chan's blooper scenes AHAHAHA. Does anyone rememebr The Tuxedo? cause i do. P:
Tom Hiddleston ;) He does Impressions. It is the act which consists of imitating the voice and mannerisms of others which he does impression pretttyy darn welllll Especially Snape (Alan Rickman) AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH he can also rap, and his voice... sighhh~
ahem.
so above are the few comedies I have selected from youtube over 3872462734234 more videos! Thank you for reading.
The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself. The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul.(source)
Ahem.So here's a little re-update on my research also what I know about "Self Portraits"So what do I understand about self portraits? To me I think of it as direct as it can be. A portrait of yourself. May it be an extravagant portrait of how you see and imagine yourself, wild and bizarre or perhaps you stick to reality by realism. I've tend to ponder sometimes why would someone paint a portrait of themselves? Self admiration? Vanity? Or something that you could leave behind, to prove they exist? Perhaps during the old times, before the Industrial Revolution (before 1500s) and a self portrait is the only way to capture an image of something, or a person. Then again, whatever reason the artist might think he or she had for the painting, with art as the writing, the act of creation always reveals something about the creator. The self-portrait becomes the reflection of their own identity, thus the awakening the awakening of its artistic values.Ta-daaaaaaaaa.
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Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 – 1890)
Think about a ‘tormented artist’ and one of the first names that come to mind is likely to be Van Gogh. This Dutch post-impressionist is probably as well known for the ‘cutting-his-own-ear-off’ incident (which may or may not have happened as reported) as he is for his considerable body of work. One of the characteristics of his paintings is the sunny yellow ambiance that infuses them. Van Gogh indulged heavy in absinthe, a drink known to produce ‘yellow vision’ in addicts. The drug digitalis, which he is also believed to have taken, would also produce ‘yellow vision’. Interestingly and strangely enough, Van Gogh never seems to look directly at his ‘audience’ in his self-portraits.(source)
Claude Oscar Monet (1840 – 1926)
Monet was a founder of the French impressionist style of painting, which is based on the artist conveying his perceptions of the subject rather than a precise likeness. The term ‘impressionism’ is in fact derived from the title of Monet’s painting ‘Impression, Sunrise’. As his career developed Monet was plagued by cataracts in his eyes. These reduce vision and can make things appear blurry and ‘out-of-focus’. It is hard to know how much his signature style of softly blurred images owes to artistic vision and how much to his cataract problems. In later life was he interpreting the world in an impressionistic way or simply reflecting the distorted version of it that he actually saw ?(source)
Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945)And here, as they say, is a man who needs no introduction. I think we’re all pretty familiar with his main claims to fame (or infamy) but one of his lesser known aspirations was to be an artist. This watercolor is thought to be the earliest self-portrait by Adolf Hitler, painted in 1910 when the future Fuhrer was 21 and struggling to make his mark on the art world. The figure is strangely anonymous, with no nose or mouth yet Hitler was keen to identify himself by daubing a cross and the initials AH above it. The loneliness of someone who cannot connect with the world around him or the people in it rests on the surface of the self-portrait. Perhaps this was just a romantic vision Hitler had of himself, or perhaps it was a genuine expression of a deeper alienation. Gasps, cause I never knew. Silly me :3(source)
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LAUGHS ON THE CONTRARY, I did a pretty bad job for a first work in class for the self portrait. Frankly speaking, it was not one of my best days. I'll make up for that I promise!!
So, we were suppose to incorporate 'nature' into our self-portraits and yeahhh.. bad job. nuff said.
