And Russell Tyler, in his solo at DCKT, deployed vats of paint to construct blocky abstractions based on the elemental 8 - bit graphics of early computer games, endowing his paintings with the sense that they are «as much
about lost innocence as they are about lost technologies.»
I know little about Benjamin Britten, but 20 minutes of googling taught me that he's quite the complicated and brilliant composer and personality, who, like the movie, is all
about lost innocence.
Not exact matches
In a pluralist world, what may be called moral
innocence tends to be
lost, that is, the
innocence we have as children growing up that our own religion and the views
about right and wrong we were taught are the only ones, unchallengeable and unambiguous.
I didn't expect Blockers to hand me a movie that syncs perfectly with my worldview, but I thought there was a missed opportunity to talk
about these ideas — failing your children,
losing your
innocence, even the different ways parents handle sons versus daughters — with more depth than it did.
It had just the essence of smart,
innocence yet heart - felt role I expect to see in my own daughters (though my 4 year old may have to
lose some of that sassiness soon) so I was now interested in learning
about Lily.
The teens
lose their
innocence when they become involved in the corruption and seediness that exists
about their town after its leading citizen, the town judge and the town sheriff begin working on the latter's re-election campaign.
It isn't satisfying so much as challenging, and while it certainly won't be to everyone's liking, as it does deal with such unsavory subjects as infidelity and pedophilia, it really isn't
about those things as much as it is
about the
innocence, freedom, and impulsive acts we all seem to
lose as the days of our youth becomes more distant in our memories.
But for all its stylistic overstatement, Lore still resonates (albeit mildly) as a story
about innocence lost and found.
Wain takes
innocence and obliterates it, punishes it, gleefully destroying all nice memories anyone would ever hold dear
about long
lost summers, first loves and youth.
«American Graffiti» is
about innocence lost, the transition from youth to adult and the leaving of behind a life with few responsibilities into one that is fraught with them.
And I think it's also something
about the nature of the
innocence of childhood and how easily
lost that is.
Mr. Rogers, the late, beloved television host, always used to say «What's mentionable is manageable,» and we have to remember it's normal to want to protect our kids from the harsh reality of life, and talking
about divorce can actually make a child feel like they've
lost their
innocence and their trust in the world around them.
We are talking
about the grieving part of the affair recovery journey, because whether you
lose your marriage, or you
lose only the
innocence of your marriage (turns out you did not have the marriage you thought you had), or if you are the unfaithful partner, perhaps you are grappling with a loss of respect (including loss of self - respect), and / or loss of your reputation, we all are grieving the loss of our dreams, how we thought our lives should've been — how it should've turned out.