![]() I love the way the story opens, the exploration of “classic” beauty, whether as not quite perfect, unseen, or endured as hardship. It was important to me to capture the emotion of it all. Everything about this little known part of history spurred me to write my version of it. I thought how compassionate it was that these artists created masks that looked like the soldiers’ real faces, so they could be or feel more “normal” in their everyday life. And I thought what a beautiful image that was, of these men removing their masks to feel the sun-but also how sad it was another aspect of the cost of war. ![]() I think I found more research on this as well, one article that highlighted a specific artist. The article went on to talk about the artists that made these masks for the soldiers. There was a line in the article that said something like how these getaways would be the only time the veterans felt the sun on their skin, because they would be allowed to remove their masks that they otherwise had to wear when in public. ![]() Long ago, I ran across an article online about the summer getaways post-WWII, where disfigured veterans went. What inspired you to pen this particular tale? “Summer Mask” is as chilling as it is poetic.
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