The childhood dream-desire to become invisible has its foundation, and its reflection in adulthood is an aspect to consider from very different angles.
As we say, all part of childhood, probably from the power of some superhero capable of becoming invisible in order to surprise criminals and others.
The matter takes other directions as it grows. There are those who even wanted to be invisible to sneak into their beloved's bedroom (what immorality!) 🙂
But there is also an emotional undertone to the issue of invisibility. Living in society makes us pretend the power of invisibility to make discretionary use. In very different moments we would like to lose ourselves in the crowd and in others to be able to stand out from the middle ground.
There are days when we admire the leader, his radiant visibility, his ability to attract all eyes with his powerful figure. Others, on the other hand, would like to leave the baton of our circumstances to go completely unnoticed.
And the power in the end perhaps resides in the fair visibility of who we are. In that they look at us and admire when we represent our essence. Sometimes we have to observe and why not learn. At other times we have to claim the attention of others to inform them of our truth, of our intentions.
The trick lies in that balance, in getting your own profit out of the mask game. And rest assured that the best costume is oneself.
Eloy Moreno presents us in this book Invisible an interesting process towards this knowledge of the power of invisibility. When we were children it was all an illusion… and yet there was some real power in it. That is why Eloy Moreno revisits childhood to build an allegory that goes beyond childhood. What is clear is that we are still children only that we forget what is essential, the use of our powers.
A child still has time to turn his reality around. Knowing the power of invisibility with its unpredictable dysfunctions and its imbalances that operate in the opposite direction to the desired one, only as children can we continue trying.
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