Many of Frida's self portraits suggest that the face shown in the painting is in fact just a mask behind which her true feelings are hidden. In this painting this principle is reversed; a papier-mache mask shows the feelings which Frida's face does not otherwise reveal. Here, Frida hides behind a weeping purple-haired mask that expresses her feeling of craziness…the real Frida watches us through holes in the mask's eyes. [http://www.fridakahlofans.com/c0510.html]