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Well, I got you here under false pretences, or did I?  For as I get older I begin to look at younger women today and the makeup they wear, I think to myself, oh my, that's a lot of makeup.  So what lies behind, Is makeup really a "false pretence"?  Now, I am using 'make up' as a metaphor, for the way we as individuals hide behind a façade.  Men and women for centuries have been using, an altered appearance to hide the real them, whether it is make-up, hairstyles, spectacles, clothing styles/fashions, the type of car they drive, the house they live in, the locations of their homes, or schools the children attend.  I propose it's all false news.  Well for the many it is.  Don't get me wrong, there is no issue with trying to achieve material success, making lifestyle improvements, or providing the best one can for the family.  However, the issue is, are these a mask, the 'make-up' for our own insecurities and sense of inadequacy etc.  All too often we

I find it amazing, in fact fascinating how many people look at the fine details of every circumstance.  Art critics will analyse, study, debate, and critique the minute details of artworks, sometimes surmising what the artist intended, wanted to portray, how they wanted us to feel etc.  However, for the "uneducated" like myself I just look at the picture, and sculpture and think... In other words, I look at the completed picture and consider what is it and do I like it? Maybe some would call me a Philistine, but to be honest I like to look at the bigger picture.  I know some people who were they to be given a jigsaw would spend hours examining each piece, probably complaining that they can not see what it is, or what relevance it may have. Certainly, the central pieces they may even go as far as to say, these are useless, all misshapen no straight edges to conform with the other pieces etc.. however, when they lose sight of that one central piece the bigger picture will n