The Consolations of the Mask

Laurie Moore  refers to the "consolations of the mask" as the feeling of making a place that doesn't exist in your own life for the life your life has no room for. It's in this vast reservoir of memory that writers draw from to create fiction. These days, I find myself  in that place more often than in my "real" life. I sense that is because I am struggling with my writing. Consequently, I burrow into my memory for material, sort through the files where I have stored all the memories I...