They reveal aspects of themselves which, in ordinary social or family life, they might not have a chance to reveal.
Technique can't take the place of personality, but it can help to reveal aspects of an actor's personality that might otherwise go unnoticed, energies that might go untapped.
The Scissor Sisters are keen to reveal aspects of their character that will help prove they are more than ciphers or stereotypes.
The idea that dreams reveal aspects of ourselves that we are unable to grasp in daylight underpins most contemporary discussions of dreams, even among those who (like my iPhone autocorrect) read Freud as nothing but a well-read fraud.
The directors don't create the people, of course; they find them — but they reveal aspects of performers that performers themselves may not otherwise have tapped, and may not even have been aware of.
Many French people are hoping for a victory, not just for the conventional satisfaction of winning, but because football can mirror – or reveal – aspects of a country that might have been overlooked, or sometimes not celebrated enough.
As Luper travels the world, the contents of his 92 suitcases would reveal aspects of his life, just as Mr. Greenaway's suitcase tells a bit about who he is.
"Ayahuasca may find its place in future societies," says Luna. "Its ritual use is expanding, as well as its therapeutic applications, and the study of its effects may reveal aspects of the workings of the mind.
"The Marvelous Museum," which opened on Saturday and runs until March 6, seeks to reveal aspects of the Oakland Museum that are normally hidden from public view, including the curatorial process.
His large subject is the tsunami of cheap credit that swept over the world and "offered entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge".
One of the traditional tools for studying form is embryology, since early stages of embryonic development can reveal aspects of form, as well as structural relationships with other organisms, that later growth conceals.
