☆ Trick or Treat [inspiration avenue]

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TRICK OR TREAT
ORIGINAL AVAILABLE 

Growing up in country town Australia, I was never really exposed to halloween or treating, unless I watched disney movies - or the Halloween movie franchise!

I loved Halloween when we  lived in Scotland. Mr Mac used to carve some awesome pumpkins + the village kids would go from house to house in one large gang. 

They would have a song, or a dance, or a joke to earn a 'treats' and it was all over by about half seven at night.

There was nearly always a halloween disco with bobbing apples, treacle scones on a string, and monster music.

It made me wish I grew up on Raasay.

And although we didn't celebrate when I was little, I have no doubt that I would have chosen to be a Indian Brave

I was obsessed with cowboy + indian games,  I was always the indian, and I wished on everything you could wish on (from evening stars to dandelions) for my very own set of bow + arrows. So I think I would have chosen to be that.... or maybe a dog.

So I would love to hear what was your favourite costume, or if you grew up in a place where halloween wasn't celebrated (like me) what you would have dressed up as.

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☆ The Harlequin [Inspiration Avenue]

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Harlequins, Jesters, Clowns... they all seem so sad to me. Laughing on the out side, but crying inside.

I suppose their mask is more obvious than others.

©2011 Kirstin McCulloch

Have a great weekend.

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(ALSO linking to AEDM)

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☆ Masquerade [IA Challenge]

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It's funny how closely the challenges from Inspiration Avenue are mirroring my life at the moment. Synchronisty in practice perhaps?

This weeks masquerade, had me thinking about masks and the face we show family is different to friends, is different to strangers, and is different still to our online family and friends.

I've written before about how light I feel when the mask isn't on, how hard it is to take it off, so I have been thinking a lot about this again.

But I also thought about how sometimes that mask actually becomes part of us. You know the old adage - fake it till you make it? Put that confidence mask on, or the brave mask, or the creativity mask, and perhaps it will be so normal that the masquerade becomes true.

Dreaming of the Ball
©2011 Kirstin McCulloch

Do you find your masks helps you? or have you relinquished your masks? Does any one really truely hang up their masks?

Have a great weekend.
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☆ Disguise [Illustration Friday]

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Once upon a time I was disguised. I didn't realise fully that I was, but I knew something was missing.

And then one day I had to be brave and leave the disguise at home.  I had to rip of the mask, and to turn my face to the sun, and just sigh.

It's tiring being some one your not.

And now I am lighter, fuller and very surprised with the twisting path that my life has taken.

I'm not so tired any more.

'Angel in Disguise'

Where has your journey taken you so far? 

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