Ah well, WEAR A MASK!
I decided to change my original avatar not long after CoronaV started.
Not sure where the image came from but its 'doctored' to represent a viral cluster being blocked by the mask - also indicating those who comply strive to remain anonymous to the virus.
Its an eye mask, because, while we can hide ourselves from what is clearly in front of us and deny the viral reality, it also suggests that the virus hides from us, and, will strike us at its own will, unless we take the right precautions. Also, the virus is as anonymous as we are behind a mask (well, everyone still recognises me even wearing a mask - bang went my robber career).
On the other hand, people who deny the virus, metaphorically wear the eye-mask, and this suggests the virus will collect on you anyway.
I have had a deeper interest in masks as used in society since my student days when my thesis dealt with how masks [as art items] transform people within society and are used as instruments of metamorphosis in ceremony, religion etc.; how they are used to reposition people within their cosmology.
The adaptation here relates to 'the masked ball', theatrical masks, Kubuki, No Theatre, Chinese 'Opera', ceremony in society (african context in particular) etc.. [ PS - Eyes Wide Shut]
That's a personal thing, not really worried about what others think it means. Its just a mask, not a political statement.
Hopefully, the original avatar will return in 2021.
HI HO! Tonto, Away......