Sentences with phrase «as a conversation piece in»

Anyway, I hope others help you celebrate the 4th by buying one drawing to use as a conversation piece in their house so the word of the Naked Pastor spreads!

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As Albrecht points out in a recent Psychology Today piece, all conversations are composed of three parts — declaratives, questions, and qualifiers.

Help Scout pulls customer profile information (like IP address, location and browser / OS) into a separate note in your mailbox, and the conversation will be marked as a chat for future reference - making sure no piece of conversation slips from your notes.

The presence of other divergences too (David Moss's luminous piece on friendship stands very well alone), the dispersal of the group on both sides of the Atlantic, and the fact that some members are already deep into other conversations all suggest that as a movement it will (at least in Britain) either fragment or at best fare like feminist, liberation and nonrealist theologies, and have its main influence as a point of reference and interrogation.

This book was like a missing piece of a puzzle, as I had already read part of the conversation in Mark Amory's collection The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, which unfortunately contains only one of Waugh's seven extant letters to Merton.

What I observed in my reporting at KIPP Infinity was that in practice, the character report card seemed to function more as a conversation piece than like a traditional report card.

Though he is pithy at times, he is more often than not likely to pursue a thought as if in conversation with the reader, at his best when describing those closest to him — as in doting on his baby son Leo, «a pocket - size piece of benign innocence.»

She has the same Blanket Scarf as I'm sharing above from Conversation Pieces, but in the other plaid option.

I'm with you on monograms, on labels of any kind, really: I don't want my wardrobe pieces to spark conversations; I want to be seen as elegant, and as a person with whom you can talk about ideas, beauty in nature, books, etc..

The duality of the team's cultures and identities shine through in every garment as each of MESTIZA NEW YORK's pieces spark conversation and are meant to stand out.

Plus, as she informed us, her accessories were hand - me - downs from her Grandmother, who lives in Switzerland, so they double as great conversation pieces.

If, on the other hand, you enjoy a Tarantino - scripted conversation or two or five — particularly in a period piece where the characters can't make references to movies or TV shows — «The Hateful Eight» may well engage you as a darkly funny locked - door mystery that's in no hurry to show its hand.

The release includes most of the same extras from the deluxe DVD, as well as a new interview with composer Jon Brion, a new piece featuring behind - the - scenes footage of a recording session for the film's soundtrack, and a new conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film.

Indeed, it would fit comfortably in a conversation with that director's «Vengeance Trilogy» as a companion piece in theme, even execution, to Sympathy for Lady Vengeance that finds a father and a rogue police officer brutally torturing an unassuming schoolteacher because they both suspect he's responsible for the death of a little girl.

The film unfolds as a series of low - key set pieces and conversations along the way, culminating in Jafari's encounter with an actress who was once famous before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and now lives a quiet and secluded life in the village, away from those who disparage her for her former career.

Think of them as guaranteed conversation pieces, and something that might even help in getting rid of unwanted guests...

We knew it was going to be as made in these smaller moments — in a conversation between a father and a son or a boyfriend and a girlfriend — as in the big action pieces.

She argues instead for «assessment as conversation» in judging writing, a model of assessment based on an illuminating exchange of the teacher's and student's perspectives and background knowledge about a piece of writing.

Last week in a post for the Fordham Institute's Flypaper, Erika Sanzi wrote a compelling piece about imposter syndrome in education reform — and began the conversation about who the real imposters are when it comes to education reform: Impostor syndrome is «the fear that you'll be found out at any moment as an impostor who doesn't belong in your...

As a conversation piece as an unfamiliar car that a market hasn't seen in over two decades and just feeling different, the Giulia is in a class of its owAs a conversation piece as an unfamiliar car that a market hasn't seen in over two decades and just feeling different, the Giulia is in a class of its owas an unfamiliar car that a market hasn't seen in over two decades and just feeling different, the Giulia is in a class of its own.

The eye - catching designs of these scarcely seen vehicles serve to draw people in and serve as a conversation piece.

I can see interior designers using it as a statement piece or using it in the office as a topic of conversation.

In fact, Stephen King buys print copies of books that he's already read as an ebook — just so he can have it as a conversation piece on his shelf!

Nestled in Cebu City, The Henry is a boutique hotel that is unique, full of personality and charm.A hotel «like no other», it radiates an out - of - the - box hospitality experience.A mix of European, vintage, industrial and rustic vibe radiates from The Henry's interior.With 38 rooms of unique decor, your stay at The Henry will be a memorable discovery.The Henry houses some of the best establishments in Cebu City namely: - RICA's mixes good food and great design.Modern art and quirky furnishings keep diners as company as they feast on gourmet comfort food and other best selling dishes. - SCRAPYARD Lounge takes it name from its elements, conversation pieces originally gathered at the local scrapyards and flea markets in Berlin, Shanghai and the Middle East and beautifully incorporated into the bar's interior for a stunningly different set - up and unique lounging experience.

In that piece, she said: «We must have a meaningful conversation about mental health issues and other possible cultural and societal contributors to violent behavior, such as violence in video games.&raquIn that piece, she said: «We must have a meaningful conversation about mental health issues and other possible cultural and societal contributors to violent behavior, such as violence in video games.&raquin video games.»

In fact, it looks more like a toy than a game console, something you'd hang from a Christmas tree or put on your desk as a conversation piece.

All in all, the aesthetic of the system gets the job done, and at the very least can act as an interesting conversation piece if you have visitors over.

While we've already been spoiled by the incredible graphics on display in games such as inFAMOUS: Second Son, Ryse: Son of Rome and Assassin's Creed: Unity, The Order manages to nudge its way into the conversation as a talking piece for how spectacular games can — and will — look on this newest generation of gaming consoles.

As the conversation over lockboxes continues to ramp up, a story of one teen who got caught up in online gambling and spent over $ 10,000 on video game microtransactions is drawing the attention of many — as is this scathing piece at Polygon taking EA's poor apologies over Star Wars Battlefront 2 to tasAs the conversation over lockboxes continues to ramp up, a story of one teen who got caught up in online gambling and spent over $ 10,000 on video game microtransactions is drawing the attention of many — as is this scathing piece at Polygon taking EA's poor apologies over Star Wars Battlefront 2 to tasas is this scathing piece at Polygon taking EA's poor apologies over Star Wars Battlefront 2 to task.

Recently in a conversation with the artist, he recounted a criterion of Henri Matisse: it is important to incorporate multiple psychologies in any one piece so as to dissipate the possibility of the work being biographical.

Work by local artists will be in conversation with pieces that will be traveling from as far as Alaska and France for a truly transnational exploration of ephemerality.

9 am - 1 pm Disobedient Films with Jamie Perera, Climate Symphony Jalal Toufic, An Outstanding — and Still Crazy — Task: Transforming Ourselves into Gods Julieta Aranda, Data: Synthetic Recollections of Things that Never Happened Julia Tcharfas and Holly White, Interspecies Communication Time Is Away, Neither Created Nor Destroyed Judy Chicago in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist Candice Lin, To Recognise Oneself as Parasite Koki Tanaka, Sound of Democracy (Field Recording / September 14, 2015 / Tokyo) THROUGHOUT Tim Etchells, Time Piece / Interstitials Samson Kambalu, Why I Am so Clever Lorenzo Senni, Jingles

An audio piece transmitted through a set of customized headphones invites participants to eavesdrop onto a conversation between Fogel's three high school classmates, who, in intimate detail, paint a portrait of the artist as a teenager.

Trading on second - hand «conversation pieces» and their malleability in terms of evoking imagined secret histories, Griffiths views art as a means of escape; a repeated and heroic attempt to leave the here and now and be transported to other places.

Acting as literal conversation pieces, the objects in the installation also serve as possible props to drive new historical narratives.

The conversation covers all of his major pieces to date, from the internationally acclaimed Cremaster cycle to the somewhat less well - known Drawing Restraint series, as well as looking at particular projects in more detail, such as the recent «Khu» performance and Barney's participation in Il Tempo del Postino, curated by Obrist at the 2007 Manchester International Festival.

Shot on a mobile phone with actors cast in situations where the social bonds are composed of idle talk — conversation as material — the piece offers an incredibly complex, jigsaw - puzzle picture of class relations in Cairo — all of which preceded and persisted through the thwarted 18 - day revolution that began in Egypt on 25 January 2011.

Placed over a plinth of gypsum, the ceramic pieces are arranged in conversations with natural elements such as rocks, which refer to the origin and source of the clay, as well as to the chemical elements that produce their coloring.

A key ambition of the exhibition is to show artists in the specific contexts from which their pieces emerged, as well as speak to a historical and artistic evolution that both question and advance the conversation about the black effect.

Orit Gat in conversation with Teju Cole on his first performance piece, Black Paper, held at BKLYN Studio at City Point as part of Performa 17.

The next phase of the performance is «colors and muses» where audience members will return to their seats and watch as the piece extends beyond conversation and focuses on central figures in Houston, New York and Oakland.

As for the previous editions, also for Conversation Piece Part 3 artists have been asked to reflect on a specific suggestion, linked to the nature of objects and their specific use in the artistic practice.

In our midst will be a work by Louise Lawler, as a conversation piece, inspiration and anchor throughout the day.

In subsequent months, the conversations and interviews have been exhibited internationally, most recently as part of «Autonomous Infrastructure: Forms of Decay,» a piece by Martha Rosler and Pelin Tan for the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: After Belonging.

2003 WHARF CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE BASSE NORMANDIE «7 PIECES FROM MY HEAD» retrospective screening of Thomas works as part of 17th Rencontres Video Art Plastique [catalogue] THE GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER CONVERSATIONS AT THE EDGE, Chicago USA and Women in the Director's chair Festival, Chicago, screening of Thomas» works [catalogue]

Works in the exhibition (including pieces by Christi Belcourt, Maria Hupfield, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Isaac Murdoch, and Esther Neff) will serve as points of departure for Wednesday's conversation between three Indigenous women — Columbia University professor Audra Simpson, Columbia PhD candidate Crystal Migwans, and Tarah Hogue, a senior curatorial fellow in Indigenous art at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

The first of these includes portraitists, genre painters, artists specializing in drawings from the nude, as well as exponents of mythological history paintings, «conversation pieces», and other subject paintings.

An abstract sculpture, whether wall - mounted or in the round, can serve as an eye - catching, decorative focal point within an interior or exterior space as well as a stimulating conversation piece encouraging individual interpretation.

Each work in «Mirror Cells» can function as its own discrete narrative, but when spread out among the space and contextualized with other pieces, new conversations and stories begin to unfold.

Indeed, as curator Simon Morrisey explains in the following conversation, the exhibition was, in many ways, a collaborative exercise in extrapolation and reframing: ideas are drawn out of artists» works and discussed with other artists; information and data woven between art pieces to change the way in which we would expect them to be interpreted; insights are taken from history or speculative fiction and imposed over works to achieve the same end; and eventually, artworks are installed together to create a composite tableau.