When I was 7 my second grade class was given the mission of playing “The Discovery of America”. We had to dress like aborigines, Spaniards and the main character, Christopher Columbus. I remember energetically refusing to participate in the play firstly because I did not like to disguise -which could be very well related to my former fear of clowns- and secondly because I would’ve had to step up to the stage and play a character in front of hundreds of people, including my parents.
I ended up being the narrator of the story, from a very convenient position below the stage and away from all those “menacing” gazes.
For a long time I thought that what made me reject a role in the play was the feeling that it was embarrassing to be in a costume. Today I know that it was just the opposite: I was afraid to be embarrassed in front of the crowd.
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