Allow your self to be seen, but assiduously practice being known.
Being seen is a scream; behind the scenes is quite serene.
Dress up; play down.
Just to appear is brave, but to speak — it’s epic.
To step on a stage is to rip open your heart.
Appearances wound us, applauses ravage us.
To survive, be seen; to recover, become invisible.
Pull back the coverlet of rationality; find a mess.
Broken is bought, seen is fraught.
Seen is not what it seems.
Modern Thought Proverbs, Aphorisms and Epigrams 