Not exact matches
From the
moment of a child's birth the process of
symbolic interaction begins.
When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, it was not just to see if Abraham was faithful enough to follow his commandment, it was also
symbolic of the sacrifice God himself would make in sacrifice his beloved and begotten son, but unlike Abraham who was spared at the last
moment from carrying through with the sacrifice of his son, God the father actually carried through with the sacrifice and although it wasn't permanent it still did not mean that there was no anguish, it doesn't matter how brief it was, if it was enough for divine and eternal beings to have to go through such heartache, all of which for our lowly sakes, in my view that is quite significant and I believe that such suffering is actually beyond mine or anyone else's comprehension.
After all, he seems not to come
from a people that treats the writings of the prophet Hosea with due reverence, but he nonetheless has chosen this
moment to perform a
symbolic version of the actions of God toward Israel as depicted in the sixth chapter.
The best directors can get a complex performance, emblematized in iconic
moments and
symbolic inflections and gestures,
from almost anyone.
But I believe these
moments are meant to be more
symbolic of the good versus evil struggle for the soul of Gotham city, rather than lapses in judgment
from the creative team.
From William's perspective, «the fleeting
moments of life around me become a vehicle for the expression of
symbolic and poetical concepts.»