While Bush Avatar face is static, I can see him as a Mask of Dionysus in the next incarnation...Hopefully there won't be another incarnation....:scared:
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:d3Q9HYbvcZAJ:staff.bcc.edu/theatre/masks.gif“According to legend, sometime between 600 and 675BC, a man named
Thespis of Attica added an actor who interacted with the chorus. This
actor was called the protagonist, from which the modern word
protagonist is derived, meaning the main character of a drama. The
name Thespis has achieved immortality in theatrical jargon - 'actors'
and 'Thespians' are synonymous. Plays were performed outdoors, in
daylight, before audiences of 10,000 or more at festivals in honor of
Dionysus. Masks played an important role in Greek drama. They gave the
actors the ability to easily play more than one character in
succession with a simple change of mask. They conveyed a kind of
static emotion that must have created an atmosphere very different
than our modern theater. The masks and dress were usually highly
stylized and exaggerated making the characters easy to identify even
from a great distance. Ancient masks were made from clay, wood or
linen with the attached wig covering the entire head and they had
wide-open mouths for easier speaking. The traditional "Comedy Tragedy"
masks are used now as a universal symbol for drama, and also represent
the two sides of Dionysus, as well as the two effects of wine: joyous,
Bacchic revelry, and a dark, sorrowful harvest.”
COMEDY TRAGEDY MASK GRAPHICS
http://www.angelfire.com/art/masks/maskhistory.htmlBecause the fundamental theatrical concept of Dionysus’ time was that
performances were either comedy or drama in nature, the masks could
fairly accurately be called “the masks of Dionysus” or “Dionysian
masks”, but this is just a logical approach on my part and not
necessarily an historical fact or reference.
“Theatrical masks have their origin in Dionysian rituals.”
MUSING ON DIONYSOS: THE STAGED AND THE STAGING GOD
http://www.headlinemuse.com/askhermes/theatre.htm