DAY 28: I was supposed to write more about love but I hate writing about love, so I got different challenge: pick a random word, search images of that word, write about one of those images
I searched both paranoia and fear. Of course there were a lot of different pictures, but there was a theme that kept recurring. There were many pictures of face masks and people wearing face masks. This was something that I had not been expecting.
Masks have never equated fear for me. Protection, yes. Something to hide behind, absolutely. But fear? A face mask is Such a flimsy symbol for a word so large and so intense and so sinister.
As of 2020 we have a new word for fear. It begins with the same letter, but it has an extra syllable. Technically it’s a sort of compound word. The new word is something visible and tangible as opposed to the old word, which was purely an invisible idea and emotion. Goodbye, Fear. Hello, Face mask.
Will the coming generations ever even know we used to use the word fear, or will the replacement be the only word they use? I face mask the dark. The roar of a lion puts face mask into the heart of the bravest. What is your biggest face mask?
FACE MASK, a new synonym (or replacement?) for the word FEAR. Merriam-Webster, don’t forget to add that to your 2021 thesaurus edition.
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