They were what they wore; they were aware of their projected personas and played upon this.
The importance of invoked rather than explicit attitude in projecting persona through association will become evident during the course of the discussion, but in general I argue that it is via the use of resources of attitude that a speaker/writer's social background and value system becomes visible.
As required, she projected a persona defined by unassailably demure and virtuous composure.
If Mr. Bagby projected the persona of a medieval epic poet in his "Beowulf" production, here he seemed to be channeling an ancient Northern European monk preaching fire and brimstone, to a light harp accompaniment.
In an interview, Lupa spoke of Factory 2 (which premiered last year in Krakow) and a new project, Persona, which features actors playing Marilyn Monroe, George Gurdjieff, and Simone Weil, as exercises in "reincarnation", and as part of a larger cultural turn brought about by constant media surveillance and a troubling of the boundaries between public and private.
But thanks to TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon project Persona, you can choose which dimensions of someone's identity you want to see.
The 67-year-old Mr Obeid's gruff, jowly and sunken-eyed persona projects an image of stolidity rather than dynamism.
People project a persona to protect their image and vulnerabilities.
But Vegas – who projected a drunk persona, part joyful anarchy, part pitiful self-loathing – is not here today.
If you try too hard to be what you think other people want to see in you, the result will not be sincere and you will spend a lot of time projecting a persona that is not a real part of yourself.
"Faith is ageless on the stage," Mr. Crannitch says, "She projects a persona".
