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CREATIVE CORNER

Jason
Voorhees

by Christopher Drumm, MD

That guy was scary. Almost everyone that is currently
in their 40s had a nightmare after watching Friday the
13th. You would run from Jason as fast as you can, yet
he would take his time walking through the woods and
still catch his prey. It is amazing that any of us ever
wanted to go to summer camp after watching any of
these movies. What else made him scary? His mask. The
goalie mask. I blame Jason for making masks scary.

When I see someone wearing a mask, I appreciate
that they care about others. I wear my mask to
protect you from myself. Make masks beautiful.
As a physician, I have had friends/patients ask me
if "I am scared of the coronavirus." My answer
- It is more frightening than Jason Voorhees.

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. A chance
to be creative. To change into another personality or
character for at least one night. There are different ways
to do Halloween. Using your own clothes to create a
character. There is a grown man that I see in the world
and every time I just remember him from the Halloween
that he was Miley Cyrus. But often we wear masks.
Scary masks. Hide under leaves and jump out to scare
the trick or treaters with your ghoul mask and they will
run for cover like Jason Voorhees is chasing them.
Facial expressions are also masks. Everyone has had a
bad day at work yet put on the mask of happiness to help
make it through the day. We can present ourselves in a
certain way by wearing our own masks while exploring
the world we live in. Some of us are better than others,
but we all have our own version of daily masks.
Now masks are everywhere: people are making cloth
masks, health care professionals are discussing the
differences between surgical and N95 masks. Yet
some people do not want to wear masks. I am not
angry with them - I am trying to be understanding.
Masks have been a sign of danger for years, but we
are at a time in humanity that the meaning of masks
has to change. They should start to feel reassuring.

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