Word: masking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Never vagrant or fussy, always economical, his line described conundrums that were at the heart of an artist's identity concerns: a little image, for instance, of a man with a pen whose drawn nib is drawing himself. To Steinberg, each drawing remade its author. It was both a mask and a card of identity, and a proof of existence as well. Never an expressionist, he liked, he said, "to make a parody of bravura. I wish to create a fiction of skill in the same sense that my writing is an imitation of calligraphy: fine flourishes that...
...buried in avalanches will soon have a new way to stay alive while waiting to be rescued. The AvaLung by Black Diamond Equipment ($200, available in September) is a special mesh vest designed to keep snow from melting around the face and freezing into a deadly ice mask. A tube filters fresh air into the wearer's mouth and then channels warm, moist, exhaled air safely out the back...
Seniors don't talk about this fear much, but we betray our anxiety in subtle ways. Some are anxiously seeking out classmates who will be living in the same city as them, making promises to hang out with each other on weekends. Others mask their anxiety by insisting that their 80-hour-a-week jobs suit them just fine. A social life, they say, isn't too important when you're climbing the corporate ladder and getting such significant professional stimulation. Still others welcome employment in companies that take responsibility for their employees' social lives, scheduling their free time with...
...familiar refrains of "I don't know anyone who is going," and "It's not like I'm going to meet anyone new there." At the time I called my friends wimps, but I knew that it could have just as easily been me offering the same excuses to mask my apprehension. Approaching graduation and moving to a new city, I wonder if I will make those same kinds of excuses in turning down new opportunities...
...alive, he has lost his looks and his face is hideously disfigured. What was a straight-forward storyline before the accident now becomes hopelessly entangled, as Cesar's dreams, nightmares and fantasies are showed as if they were real. Unable to cope with his face, he tries wearing a mask and calls himself the "Phantom of the Opera...