Sentences with phrase «described as the illusion»

Not exact matches

The illusion that there are uninterpreted «self - sustained facts, floating in nonentity» (PR 11/17) is the direct outcome of Bacon's attempt to describe detailed matters of fact in separation from a metaphysical interpretation of the experienced world as a unified whole.

This may be the ideal for some, but one can not count on it working out that way, primarily because of the presence of various political ideologies which, as I've described in Political Visions and Illusions, tend to take on an idolatrous character and, like all idols, are unwilling to share power with others.

One of my favourite quotes attributed to JFK is from early in his career, when he described himself as an «idealist without illusions» — in times like the present, we could all take a leaf out of this book.

Because of this, Mr. Thompson described the relatively small budget shortfalls for the next two years as a «mere illusion.»

«Borofice, no doubt, is alone in this illusion that critical mass of our party leadership and members are leaving which could best be described as a product of a demented brain informed by his desperate ambition to govern the state at all costs

In one of the core texts that many modern stage magicians read while in training, Professor Hoffmann's Modern Magic, the wand is described as an ideal prop for distracting the eyes, for granting an excuse to close the hand and hide something within it, and to provide the illusion of having real magical power.

He also was the first to describe the camera obscura — a box with a hole in it that captures an image for the purpose of drawing it precisely, a precursor to the modern camera — as well as examining optical illusions in - depth and the thought processes behind human visual perception.

Unlike other modern ports of classic games, such as Ubisoft's Prince of Persia Classic or Capcom's soon - to - be-released Ducktales Remastered, Castle of Illusion was described to us by Woodley as «a full reimagining of the game.»

Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy — hate that Woody Allen movies are classified the same way as Jennifer Aniston movies, it's totally NOT the same — described by the studio to be «(the celebration of) a young man's great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people have that a life different from their own is better.»

Director Vicki Abeles» documentary is about the pressures faced by American schoolchildren and their teachers in a system and culture she describes as obsessed with the illusion of achievement, competition and the pressure to perform.

Although the Corgi may be described as «long,» this designation is actually an optical illusion of sorts.

Densely layered and vaguely topographical, her drawings suggest sequences of cosmic or otherworldly events occasionally populated by ethereal human figures; as Schimert describes it, they create a «space for illusion.»

Ryman's art has often been described as Minimalist or Conceptual, while he prefers to use the term realistic, aiming not to create illusions with paint but to investigate the concrete presentation of painterly materials.

This dynamic approach to the world is also the essence of kinetic art, which broadly describes works of art that incorporate movement, whether literally or as an illusion.

Each piece incites a layered read, with a visceral reaction to the physicality of the surface, as well as a cerebral reaction to the illusion described.»

The artist has described his own art - making process as stimulated by Beuys» philosophies: «Painting, for me, is not just about creating an illusion.

She minces no words in describing that their communities have come to see these climate policies as «nothing but a bunch of false solutions to global warming issues» «based on lies» and «on selling illusions to the less privileged.»

Magic Leap described its technology as mixed reality and is different from the HoloLens as it is said to be able to create a better illusion of depth compared to Microsoft's device.

Dolby describes the end result as the «illusion of an infinite number of speakers.»

Immersion can be described as a technological feature based on various input and output devices able to produce sensory and perceptual information that create the illusion of being in the physical world (Slater, 2009).

It's more commonly known as the «frequency illusion,» as coined by Arnold Zwicky to describe the syndrome in which a concept or thing you just found out about suddenly seems to crop up everywhere.