Word: frighted
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...Adventures in Wonderland, Treasure Island or even the horror stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Classical children's literature is full of overt and implicit terrors because some gifted authors could remember and portray a child's view, those feelings of awe, uncertainty and fear inspired by the world outside. Fright requires no invention; conquering it through language does...
Literally "tearing it apart." Rothenberg's paintings over the next few years were all about dismemberment, blockage and fright. She is one of the younger artists who took heart from Philip Guston: in the early '70s, Guston, an abstract painter for years, had returned to the figure with a controversial set of seriocomic paintings of Ku Klux Klansmen, which laid the ground for his formidable "late" style and often featured stray boots, feet and arms...
...Damon, his dedication to acting overcame any kind of stage fright or hesitations he had. He had to remind himself of this fact in the movie's shower scene. The scene was filmed on set, so there were tanks filled with hot water that some times ran out. At his feet were the crew, blowing dry ice at his knees to create the fog effect. Damon concentrated on the acting, remembering that he had to get the power of the scene across...
GRACE AND GUTS, BUT WHAT ABOUT HER STAGE FRIGHT...
...question is whether the green-eyed, dark-haired 18-year-old can conquer her stage fright. Dogged by a history of erratic performances, she could be her own worst enemy if she suffers a small slip early in the competition and loses her concentration. Behind the scenes, Onodi's precompetition jitters can be comical. "Henni always forgets something," says teammate Ildiko Balog, "like her leotard or her competition number." But if she stays calm and summons some hey-look-at-me showmanship, she could hit gold. At 4 ft. 10 in., her lithe, well-proportioned frame creates the illusion...