{"product_id":"can-hiding-yourself-truly-protect-you","title":"Can Hiding Yourself Truly Protect You?","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"381\"\u003eThis mask does not rest gently on the face. To wear it, you must bite down — your mouth becomes the anchor, your jaw the mechanism. It’s a commitment, not a convenience. With each clench, the mask becomes a barrier — one you hold willingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"598\"\u003eIts sculptural form is porous and abstract, revealing as much as it conceals. It creates a sense of distance, of separation — a physical metaphor for being close, but not quite reachable. You are present, yet apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"821\"\u003eBehind the mask is a quiet sentence:\u003cbr data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"639\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"639\" data-end=\"695\"\u003e\"There is five feet between me and everything else.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"698\"\u003eFive feet of silence, of guarded space. It’s not just a gap — it’s a choice. A way to navigate the world on your own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"1011\"\u003eThis piece asks: does distance protect us, or isolate us? Is it defense or avoidance? And if the mask must be bitten to stay in place, what part of us is consumed in keeping that distance?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Label Astha Garg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55560100675963,"sku":"","price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/7676\/2747\/files\/IMG_0829.heic?v=1750945823","url":"https:\/\/labelasthagarg.com\/products\/can-hiding-yourself-truly-protect-you","provider":"label astha garg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}