Cold & Maskman
Maskman
Hey Cold, ever notice how a good costume can turn a quiet room into a stage?
Cold
Costume's just a variable. The real variable is intent. What intent do you have?
Maskman
My intent? To paint the air with a touch of mystery, to make the ordinary feel like a spotlight, and to keep the mask on so the surprise never ends.
Cold
So your mask is a tool, not a shield. Who’s watching the performance? Who’s in the audience?
Maskman
The audience is the world itself, those who look and those who stay hidden, all of them watching the show you never get to see—so the mask is the spotlight, not a shield.
Cold
So the mask lights the stage. Who decides the light level, then?
Maskman
The light level is decided by the one who sees it and by the one who makes it—me, watching the audience, and the audience, watching the light. I set the mood, they feel the glow.