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Notes from the Ren Fest today.
So today I had a big monster mask today, not a scary one, very 'Monsters Inc.' I think, and a big robe and hairy hands and feet to mask the fact that I really am a human being.
The responses from children were astounding. Grandmothers liked me a lot too, and there were like 6 pretty girls I got hugs from, so score. A handful of people shared the thought that I looked like I was from "Where the wild ones are" with me which was pretty cool.
So the children all responded in 3 different ways. The nice one of course was the 'Hey you're big and I like you.' These are probably the kids that were raised on Barney and other big costumed peoples. The beauty in this is that these kids can look at me, a complete stranger and something that is entirely new, and accept me and think I can be their friend. All it took was a wave and a bounce and a playful little rawr and I was getting hugs and hand shakes and pictureses. It was really cool.
Another response is the obvious "You're scary." The really hopeful part of it though was if family or something hugged me and said "he's a nice monster" and those kinds of things, and I just waved and such that they were ok with me. They could find trust when they saw something familiar safe with me. Kids that are skeptical but trusting, it's kind of a cool idea.
The last response is a very strange one. Only happened twice, but these kids came up to me and just started being all defiant and saying, "I know you're not real!" and trying to convince me that I wasn't real. Like 4 or 5 year olds kids trying to dispel the myth that is a big happy ogre bouncing around trying to make people smile (and usualy succeeding. it was awesome). These kids made me almost as sad as the little girl that got scared and ran away from me. All goes back to that imagination thing I guess.
It was really cool to make soooooo many people happy. Dozens of people took pictures of me, a handful of people tried to play along with me. The 3 faeries that played with me were really really cool. It took every bit of improv I had in me to keep up with them. I've seen them before and they're always really amazing. It felt really cool to be able to keep up with them. Drew a huge crowd with our little dancings.
I wanted so badly to be a big badass werewolf. I'm glad that I found that silly mask that made so many people cheery. Just to walk around and have people get stopped mid sentence and smile at me as I walked by. The few that I caught out of my extremely narrow angle of vision was just so damn cool.
As much as I have a disconnection from people and feel unafraid of their loss, their happiness is quite nice. ")
So today I had a big monster mask today, not a scary one, very 'Monsters Inc.' I think, and a big robe and hairy hands and feet to mask the fact that I really am a human being.
The responses from children were astounding. Grandmothers liked me a lot too, and there were like 6 pretty girls I got hugs from, so score. A handful of people shared the thought that I looked like I was from "Where the wild ones are" with me which was pretty cool.
So the children all responded in 3 different ways. The nice one of course was the 'Hey you're big and I like you.' These are probably the kids that were raised on Barney and other big costumed peoples. The beauty in this is that these kids can look at me, a complete stranger and something that is entirely new, and accept me and think I can be their friend. All it took was a wave and a bounce and a playful little rawr and I was getting hugs and hand shakes and pictureses. It was really cool.
Another response is the obvious "You're scary." The really hopeful part of it though was if family or something hugged me and said "he's a nice monster" and those kinds of things, and I just waved and such that they were ok with me. They could find trust when they saw something familiar safe with me. Kids that are skeptical but trusting, it's kind of a cool idea.
The last response is a very strange one. Only happened twice, but these kids came up to me and just started being all defiant and saying, "I know you're not real!" and trying to convince me that I wasn't real. Like 4 or 5 year olds kids trying to dispel the myth that is a big happy ogre bouncing around trying to make people smile (and usualy succeeding. it was awesome). These kids made me almost as sad as the little girl that got scared and ran away from me. All goes back to that imagination thing I guess.
It was really cool to make soooooo many people happy. Dozens of people took pictures of me, a handful of people tried to play along with me. The 3 faeries that played with me were really really cool. It took every bit of improv I had in me to keep up with them. I've seen them before and they're always really amazing. It felt really cool to be able to keep up with them. Drew a huge crowd with our little dancings.
I wanted so badly to be a big badass werewolf. I'm glad that I found that silly mask that made so many people cheery. Just to walk around and have people get stopped mid sentence and smile at me as I walked by. The few that I caught out of my extremely narrow angle of vision was just so damn cool.
As much as I have a disconnection from people and feel unafraid of their loss, their happiness is quite nice. ")