Sentences with phrase «from confrontational»

Sticking to it, being consistent, changed our relationship from confrontational to trusting, as you've said here.

Try to stay away from confrontational issues, and keep it light.

Hatoum's work has evolved from confrontational video works in the 1980s to more reflective Minimalist works in the 1990s.

Through a range of aesthetic strategies and effects — from the confrontational, to the humorous, to the quietly elegiac — they consider the ways in which war and conflict around the world impact — or fail to impact — our everyday life.

To Tell Them Where It's Got To, 2013 shown earlier this year at The Arsenale, Venice Biennale is a key work in showing the transition in Yiadom - Boakye's from the confrontational pose to the figure turned away from the viewer.

To Tell Them Where It's Got To (2013) was exhibited at The Arsenale, Venice Biennale (2013) and is a key work, showing the transition in Yiadom - Boakye's practice from the confrontational pose to the figure turned away from the viewer.

Kelley's aesthetic mines the rich and often overlooked history of vernacular art in America, and his practice borrows heavily from the confrontational, politically conscious, «by all means necessary» attitude of punk music.

From a confrontational shot of naked model Kristin McMenamy, her chest emblazoned with the Versace brandname, to his unassuming «Go sees,» a series of seemingly straightforward shots of unsuspecting London girls who came calling at his door in hopes of a modelling career, to his diabolical portrait of haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent, Teller has displayed a complex visual sensibility that goes beyond the entrenched language of fashion photography.

From Axtman's strategic glamorization of race and social injustice to internal questions of participation versus rebellion as depicted in the work of Jayson Musson, the tone of this exhibition ranged from confrontational to contemplative.

Instead of gaining appreciation for the power of pacifism, Christian decides to seek retribution from the confrontational mechanic, plotting revenge with the gunpowder of found old fireworks.

Cholodenko takes full tonal advantage of this richly complicated set - up, veering from confrontational dramatics to frisky bedroom farce without ever pushing her characters into territory that feels ill - fitting or unreasoned.

Critics Consensus: From its confrontational title to its striking cinematography, this raw cinematic gem uncompromisingly proves writer / director / actor Justin Chon is a filmmaker to watch.

Critic Consensus: From its confrontational title to its striking cinematography, this raw cinematic gem uncompromisingly proves writer / director / actor Justin Chon is a filmmaker to watch.

Sticking to it, being consistent, changed our relationship from confrontational to trusting, as you've said here.

Not exact matches

A simple example: You are waiting for an overdue check from a company and are getting angry and confrontational with your contact.

A while back I wrote about how confrontational evangelism turns way more people away from Jesus than toward Him.

When she drinks, she slurs her words and her mood swings from happy and gentle to confrontational and angry.

The highlight is the glimpse he affords us into the lives of the gifted, success - hungry chess players of IS 318, a low - income public school in Brooklyn, and the passionate, confrontational teacher who forces them to replay and learn from their wrong moves.

He also deplored the UK government's decision to close the Iranian embassy, calling it «a sad day for diplomacy» and saying that it was another step preventing Iran from being given a peaceful exit option from its increasingly confrontational stance with the West.

You knew something interesting might happen at this afternoon's Personal Democracy Forum panel on citizen - generated content right from the start — as the crowd gathered, a confrontational flier put together by MoveOn.org circulated through the room, accusing MySpace of censoring site members» words and pictures.

This week, former General Secretary of the CWU Alan Johnson has issued an unabashed attack on trade union influence within the Labour Party in an interview with Progress, part of an increasingly confrontational and destructive approach to dictating Labour Party policy from the Blairite wing.

The Labour leader is facing calls from some within his senior team to shake up the weekly session in order to make it less confrontational — perhaps by defusing the topicality of the exchanges by making them topic - based.

Now it is time for a new leader to change this charisma from a military and confrontational type to an economic and more conciliatory one.

If PBA members go beyond passive de-policing and escalate to a confrontational «coup» against the Mayor, the cops could shift from patriarchal enforcers to a rogue agency.

You knew something interesting might happen at this afternoon's Personal Democracy Forum panel on citizen - generated content right from the start — as the crowd gathered, a confrontational flier put together by MoveOn.org circulated through the room, accusing MySpace of censoring site...

From 1980 — 1 relations with local government became increasingly confrontational, as Labour made large gains in local elections, with a new generation of council leaders such as Ken Livingstone in London and David Blunkett in Sheffield seeking to generate employment through their councils.

But it was notably less confrontational in tone than the March event, where Governor Andrew Cuomo made a «surprise» appearance and vowed to «save» charters from the de Blasio administration.

Having distanced itself from a potentially unpopular relationship with the ever more confrontational trades unions and binned a strategic position on public spending that didn't add up, Labour now has nothing distinctive to say.

The defence committee's report on Russia, triggered by concerns from some commentators that its increasingly confrontational foreign policy risks a new cold war, makes clear London should maintain its robust approach to Moscow.

Mr Obama had faced domestic criticism for pulling back from his initially confrontational stance in recent days.

Britain First's confrontational style of campaigning has seen it stage «mosque invasions» and provocative patrols in areas with large numbers of British citizens from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Now, to foster a less confrontational way of advancing projects, the hydropower industry, environmental and human - rights organizations, and representatives from banks and governments have negotiated a mechanism for evaluating, and perhaps mitigating, the impact of dams before they are built.

«Sometimes women need to be coached away from the extremes, as they appear too confrontational or too soft.

They say that such a confrontational approach, combined with the lack of anonymity for the complainant, is quite unusual and could deter many alleged victims from filing a complaint.

Not trying to be confrontational, i love Dr.Greger, but just for the sake of scientific truth, this study is a cohort of 43,960 men, so idk how can you draw causality from that, but more importantly, how do you know its the protein since it's just a follow up?

Just curious, not trying to be confrontational, but how does ghee NOT have animal protein if it is from cow milk?

And for those who experience anxiety from uncomfortable situations, research shows that even when you think you're being confrontational, good chances are you're not.

I am honest gregarious fun loving and outgoing.Non - confrontational but will not shy away from it.Clean healthy caring loyal and depandable.

The images, lucid and confrontational, exude an almost gestural quality as they cut from interior and exterior spaces, with Yorke waltzing in a sleep - like torpor toward a hole — or spacious studio igloo?

It might seem like 98 minutes would barely scratch the surface of how the digital world has affected our lives, which is partly true, but in this thesis-less, ten - chapter tale — from «The Early Days» to «The Future,» with many morally, philosophically, and emotionally confrontational stops in between — Herzog smartly takes a broad, bird's - eye perspective of our early techno - evolution.

Though Dahl's work never shied from children - in - magical - peril situations, Roeg & Henson takes this one to next level freakshow territory with confrontational imagery and ghastly makeup.

Only occasionally does a master director implode it from within (Martin Scorsese with Raging Bull, less a conventional underdog tale than a character study that puts us in the ring with a defiantly confrontational and horribly fascinating central figure).

Pollack shoots this scene with a real starkness, keeping it confrontational towards the film's white audience while shying away from deifying Lee.

The severity of Toller's convictions, as well as his disgust at the knowledge that his church has taken money from one of the town's biggest polluters, gives rise to an angry, confrontational question: Why have so many Christians rejected the science of climate change, effectively abdicated their God - given responsibility to look after the Earth?

Always Shine Almost too obviously fiendish in its presentation; from the opening shot and frenetic credits Takal makes it clear how confrontational much of the film will be, perhaps to the detriment of the film as a whole.

But these are confusing and confrontational times, not unlike today, so Dorothea seeks life - coaching help from her tenant Abbie (Greta Gerwig), 24, and Jamie's Bowie - coiffed gal pal Julie (Elle Fanning), 17 and platonic.

And so, in choosing it as the film from the past ten years I would most like to discuss in the context of the future of the medium, I might be asserting, against my better judgment, the primacy of the auteur over and above national cinemas and identity art — the ferocious and aggressively confrontational cinema of Lucrecia Martel serving as evidence that an ethos long - since debunked in serious academic circles still has credence or at least value in the second century of the movies.

Mark Wahlberg shines as the film's star, and it's refreshing to see the actor let loose as the confrontational thug, but he's backed up with identical poise from Tyrese Gibson, who's coming into his own as an actor.

The title comes from the notebook of one Sybylla Melvyn (Davis) a dirt - poor daughter of the Australian dustbowl who is packed off to live with her rich aunt, and who brings her salty, confrontational charms with her.

If a student becomes verbally confrontational, remain calm and remove them from the situation as quickly as possible.