Facechanger

This Chinese opera has bewitched people for centuries as it gets handed down from generation to generation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8415217.stm

Up to ten hand made and exquisitely decorated silk masks are used in any performance and operated by a 'trigger system'.

It mimics human nature, I suppose. One second we can switch from contentment to sadness, from peaceful to angry. Of course this depends on a combination of our circumstances, our emotional make-up and so on.

The basis for contentment seems to lie in steering  a middle course of sorts. This is where living with depression gets tricky. For some medication is essential in releasing the depleted serotonin,  for others a combination of exercise, healthy eating and general busyness helps.

No two people are the same of course, but I know I only want to have one face to present in public and private.

The genuinely contented one.