I walk up and down the rows. The heads look like rubber halloween masks. They also look like human heads, but my brain has no precedent for human heads on tables or in roasting pans or anywhere other than on top of a human bodies, and so I think it has chosen to interpret the sight in a more comforting manner. - Here we are at the rubber mask factory. Look at the nice men and woman working on the masks.

Summary

In this quote, the narrator describes a surreal and disturbing scene where they encounter rows of human heads that resemble rubber masks. The narrator's mind tries to make sense of this unsettling sight by clinging to the familiar, imagining the heads as simply masks being worked on by employees at a mask factory. The quote highlights the mind's ability to create comforting interpretations to cope with unfamiliar or distressing experiences. It touches on the themes of disorientation, perception, and the human tendency to seek solace in familiarity.

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