Masks

Right Side Up co-facilitated mask making sessions for a group of Yr 11 students in East Gippsland as part of their retreat camp.

Students were introduced to a variety of masks - cultural, religious, festive, disguises - and discussion centred on when and why such masks are used. Moving onto invisible masks we wear in our daily lives, students were encouraged to create a mask that expressed an aspect of themselves.

Participants then showed their masks in a small group and told the story or emotions behind it. The group was invited to reflect on each person's mask and share what it reminded them of, or how it made them feel.

The final session involved students laying their masks along a cross laid out on the floor. This was to symbolise reconciliation and a desire to live more authentically in the future.