masks

In african art and folklore - masks are used as a sensory means of broadcasting secrecy. An oxymoron.
The idea of broadcasting 'secrecy'.

The visible parts of a mask viz., the artworks, form etc. transmit knowledge through secrecy. These have the power to stimulate, arrest and even move the observer much before he tries to identify to enter the world withing the masks. Masks capture the perceived reality, and at the same time give form to the unobserved reality, the transcendental world.

Masks can be like a catalyst that fired the emotions of the observer. It can create an impression of a performance. One should be tempted to decipher and decode what lies underneath the visible.