1 The same could be said of the other artists in the exhibition: with hand - wrought qualities and an aggressively direct use of color, texture, and material, their work provokes cultural and psychological readings as well
as aesthetic ones.
Although the attachment of a feeling of promise, for good or ill, to a proposition in the context of an entity's self - creation might suggest that the «logical force» of propositions is an ethical one, it could just as easily be thought of
as an aesthetic one.
Not exact matches
As one of three principals at the helm of a design and communications consultancy, I often engage in debates about
aesthetic philosophies.
I mean obviously
as a financial matter you shouldn't buy his newsletter and trade penny stocks, but that is the least of it; the much bigger problem is the
aesthetic one.
Thus relational power is here understood
as the ability (1) to be affected, in the sense, especially, of being open, sensitive, receptive, and empathic; (2) to create oneself out of what has been experienced by synthesizing that data into an
aesthetic unity; and (3) to influence others by the way in which
one has received and responded to their influence.
«What acts
as one feels
as one» is my doctrine, derived from Leibniz, and the criteria of value in feelings
as such are
aesthetic.
I see no way to show that any single creature, sufficiently integrated to act
as one is totally immune to
aesthetic values, positive or negative.
By the time I had graduated, the field had become «
one that maintains its interest in literary texts but explores all forms of
aesthetic speech and that views performance
as an art and recognizes its communicative potential and function» There were three challenges to those of us graduating with doctoral degrees in this discipline: 1) to locate which performances within art and / or culture we would focus our attention on
as scholars and performers; 2) to interpret the core concepts generating from the cultural turn in our discipline to other studies of culture and human communication and 3) to develop «performance - centered» methods of research and instruction in whatever parts of the university we found ourselves.
The concepts which Kierkegaard employed in his therapeutic effort are such
ones as «paradox,» «the
aesthetic» and «the ethical,» «despair,» «anxiety,» «the individual» and «subjectivity.»
15 Such an
aesthetic would concentrate, for example, on what John Cobb, following Vernon Lee, calls the «hearer» of music — that is,
one who reacts to music
as it is felt in the mode of causal efficacy.
In other words, I read Helen's post
as making a partially
aesthetic claim rather than a purely positive
one, with the positive subclaim restricted in scope.
One who has earnestness and inner spiritual resources can let his soul be lifted by such beauty
as is present, get along without what is absent, and avoid confusing
aesthetic pleasure with the beauty of holiness.
If this is so, then the issue becomes not
one of distinguishing those modes of human thought and experience which are «
aesthetic» in character from those which are not, but
one of evaluating and comparing (insofar
as this can be done) different experiences with diverse textures and degrees of
aesthetic intensity.
One of More's colleagues, a Swedish philosopher named Nick Bostrom, took to the podium at the same conference to predict «orgasms and
aesthetic - contemplative pleasures whose blissfulness vastly exceeds what any human has yet experienced,»
as well
as «love that is stronger, purer and more secure than any human has yet harbored» and «values that will strike us
as being of a far higher order than those we can realize
as unenhanced biological humans.»
Instead I see the
aesthetic teleological vision
as one in which we may break out of the confines of the ethical criteria usually employed in theodicies that have proven to be unsatisfactory for the reasons outlined so clearly in Kushner's fine book.
The fact is that our experience gives us all this together,
as being profoundly
one in impact upon us; we can not cut up the world of experience, after the fashion of an earlier philosophy, and speak
as if that which in its
aesthetic quality has subjective appeal must lack any genuine reality in the world itself, simply because it does not lend itself to a particular kind of analysis by measurement or testing.
The «thesis... that all interests should be organized
as to function
as one,» so
as to be «creative of integrated experience,» while «sustaining and increasing the number of different elements or aspects of the world which enter into consciousness,» seems to adumbrate a vision of
aesthetic organization of value experience (OI 3, 15).
One sees in Bloom's The Book of J that discrimination is required, just
as it was required in historical analysis, if the Bible is not to lose its theological voice in the name of secular worship of an author or an
aesthetic ideal.
Aesthetic - metaphysically it is honored
as a sign of a deep nature that
one despairs of the forgiveness of sins, pretty much
as if
one were to regard it
as a sign of a deep nature in a child that it is naughty.
With Aristotle's opposition to Plato standing in the distant background, and deeply influenced by Hegel and Darwin
as well
as by the bustling energy of earlier American optimism, all is conceived of in terms of a dynamic flow
as interacting parts rise into existence and dissolve by their inevitable organic and
aesthetic responsiveness to
one another and to the emerging and progressive whole that they constitute.
Before launching
One Part Plant she was a designer so
as you can imagine, the
aesthetic is on point.
Urban jungle's performance remains world class, with new features such
as the superior
one hand fast fold with automatic frame lock, a smaller compact stand fold size, newly convenient located handbrake and a refined
aesthetic staying true to the simplicity of Mountain Buggy.
And the real paradox which — I am going to give away the end of the book — the very last lines of the book are about how, here's this man who is virtually incapable of emotion but
one has to categorize his scientific philosophy
as being
one in which emotion, your
aesthetic appreciation, is your principle guiding factor.
Although smaller tesla coils are commonly used to accelerate the photons in a TV set and to start up the arc in a welding torch, this
one was built for
aesthetic purposes only:
as a piece of art for a New Zealand ranch.
Borrowing the parlance of sustainable development, a sustainably managed sea turtle population might be defined
as one that meets the needs — ecological, economic, socio - cultural, political,
aesthetic, spiritual — of the present without compromising the ability of the population to fulfill these roles in the future.
As with all interior design, the best crystal arrangement is
one that balances
aesthetic and function.
5 Exercises to Help Reduce the Appearance of Varicose Veins Varicose veins are just
one of the many
aesthetic and cosmetic concerns you may experience
as you get older.
With a simple design and
aesthetic, flip flops are
one of the perfect sandals to wear during the warmer months
as they keep your feet cool, whilst still giving you that comfort.
Only
one or two pieces disturbed the coherentness of the collection's
aesthetic, pieces that could easily been replaced with more tulle looks (
as we adored them).
Isabel Marant has created such a distinct
aesthetic to each and every
one of her collections that it has become a culture, and can almost stand
as it's own category.
Victoria Beckham's second label is always a fun
one to explore
as it experiments a bit more with Beckham's design
aesthetic!
I've always admired the Chloe
aesthetic for
as long
as I could remember but I became absolutely in love with the brand around 2005, when I saw the striking campaign images of Julia Stegner and Anja Rubik shot by
one of my ultimate favorite photographers Inez and Vinoodh.
To blend his stories into «soup,» no matter how smartly, to see them «
as just
one story,» is to vandalize good art, to rationalize filmic opportunism
as aesthetic principle.
Many great films are morally and / or ideologically dubious, but none that fudge or hedge on what they're about (which has
aesthetic implications
as well
as ethical
ones).
Your defense of Bay's «auteurist»
aesthetic sense - «a man who never outgrew directing Super Bowl commercials»; «Bay has a style - a weird
one, certainly, a hybrid of a nose - picking jock and a slick ad man who shoots a can of Pepsi, a Chevy Camaro, and a leggy blonde with the same voyeur's eye, and his bizarre gallery of ethnic sounds, voices, and faces is not without precedent» - makes this movie sound about
as appealing
as... well, exactly the things you described.
It is a film in which the ephemeral becomes corporeal and the real slips into fantasia, making for Korine's most beautiful film not only in
aesthetic terms but tonal
ones as well.
Never in a million years would I have guessed that the same filmmaker might turn around and make something like Tangerine, his punk -
as - fuck portrait of a much seedier L.A.. It's not just a total creative 180, but kind of the opposite of a sell - out move: Trading a formulaic story for an unpredictable
one and a slick Indiewood
aesthetic for a gorgeous, radical lo - fi approach, Baker trains his iPhone camera on the kind of characters — black and transgender prostitutes, immigrant cabbies — that the movies rarely acknowledge, let alone put into starring roles.
It's
one thing to read of U.S. drone strikes daily in the papers and quite another to watch even simulated images of American pilots cramped in bunkers bombing Afghanistan, via consoles that resemble video games in
aesthetic as well
as mode of functioning.
Film critic A.O. Scott, in his New York Times review, somewhat (but not entirely) jokingly referred to this new film
as an example of a kind of auteurist cinema, in that the
aesthetic clearly reflects the vision of
one man, director Michael Bay (who also directed the previous three films).
There was a look to Disney Infinity — an
aesthetic that brought all the characters from different worlds together while still clearly defining them
as belonging to
one world, to the land of Disney Infinity itself.
Performance wise I didn't suffer any major issues and overall Destiny 2 stands out
as one of the more visually appealing entries in the shooter genre, with bright and colourful environments and foes in lieu of your archetypical drab grey
aesthetic.
As you progress, however, you'll be able to purchase «entitlements», each one granting small liberties as well as unlocking gameplay and aesthetic element
As you progress, however, you'll be able to purchase «entitlements», each
one granting small liberties
as well as unlocking gameplay and aesthetic element
as well
as unlocking gameplay and aesthetic element
as unlocking gameplay and
aesthetic elements.
A ridiculously well - tuned twin - stick shooter that encompasses roguelike elements while being liberally drenched in neon cyberpunk
aesthetic, Neon Chrome stands
as quite possibly
one of the best surprises of recent months.
A true ode to pulp heroes and its beloved titular character, the 1990 film adaptation of Dave Stevens» «Rocketeer» holds up incredibly well
as a
one - off superhero outing that packs a distinct art deco style and glorious period
aesthetic.
The
aesthetic shift is interesting, and even though the visual effects used to create this world are underwhelming (especially the cheesy bubbles and ooze that protect and cleanse our heroes from and of toxins,
as well
as a couple of flying ships), the change of location is a welcome
one after the almost uniformly dark locales of the previous movies.
Isle of Dogs falls somewhere in - between,
as it is not
one of Anderson's best films, yet it also puts on display precisely what makes him such a continually interesting artist, most notably his willingness to extend his familiar
aesthetic into new realms.
Though modern audiences might notice that The Texas Chain Saw Massacre isn't
as polished
as its later imitators, that low - budget
aesthetic adds to the film's grindhouse appeal and is part of why it's considered
one of the most influential horror films ever made.
These insurgents find the American presence
as unwelcome
as the alien
one, setting IEDs and taking captives in a way that recalls contempo war movies (like «Lone Survivor»), whose style has clearly inspired the pic's gritty, oversaturated
aesthetic and deafening rock score (this on top of its already overkill Dolby Atmos sound design).
Phantom Thread might initially come across
as another film about an artist whose obsessive pursuit of
aesthetic perfection has given him the entitled air of a sadist, but deep down Reynolds is more of a masochist and,
as he comes to understand this, his mood is often
one of bemusement.
When
one considers films tagged
as queer,
one probably first thinks of provocations: perhaps the films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Germany in the 1970s; or the
aesthetic austerity measures imposed by Derek Jarman in England throughout the 1970s and»80s; or the quiet emergence of the New Queer Cinema movement in the U.S. in the»80s and its explosive continuation into the»90s, when filmmakers like Gregg Araki and Todd Haynes and Kimberly Peirce and Rose Troche were taking no prisoners.