Vanity of Vanities
Mask #462 of 613 — a wearable identity from X. Masquerade (2025), the sixth chapter of LUCI by Sam Spratt.
- Category
- Canopic
- Material
- Clay
- Region
- Frogland
- Attendee
- Masked Guest
Observation
My mask, averting its eyes from above, looking down into the reflection below. Of a new family, surrounded by old relations: love, friendship, respect, but also envy, greed, ruthlessness. I am there, held by another, my head barely above the liquid, so close to the middle of the action, but not quite a part of it. Watch and learn, they tell me. Dont surrender to the random logic of the algorithm, instead find meaning in the human connection, the deeply insecure narrative of our new vulnerable existence.
Replies by this mask
- Seven deadly sins. Could that be what awaits us? Pride Greed Lust Envy Gluttony Wrath Sloth As we navigate this landscape of naked beings, holding masks, wearing masks, slithering over and through eachother in this lush swamp of pre-history, virtuous.
- I am so happy to have found you. Enough IS enough. I remember turning 30 in 2000 in NYC. My last words on stage were “i want to go from having what i want, to wanting what i have.”25 years later, more true than ever.
- From dust, we rise—scattered, shattered, yet drawn to each other. Destruction births space for renewal, endings carve paths for beginnings. Every fracture a doorway; every loss, a seed. In ruin, we find roots; in connection, we bloom anew. The book is all
Revision
I am old enough to realize that the decisions we make in life compound and become our future selves. We can reorient not revise