Sentences with phrase «idea of gesture»

I love the idea of gesture control.

I thought about this idea of the gesture for a really long time and what it means to be a woman artist and to not shy away from that — how do you do that?

The artists cling to the idea of gesture not only as a visual element but also as a conceptual vehicle for humor, refusal, narrative, and memory.

A perspective more concerned with the idea of gesture and its mark.

That is a really interesting twist on this idea of gesture.

Maybe the idea of gestures is too complex to begin with?

Not exact matches

Again, Zuckerberg has gestured to this idea, adopting «meaningful groups» as another of his new totem - phrases, and suggesting that the solution lies in Facebook's hosting a constellation of smaller overlapping social networks, each of which can set its own standards.

«Gesturing may allow us to explore the properties of the items — for example, how the item could be held, its size, its shape, etc. — and doing so can trigger ideas for creative uses,» York University psychologist and study co-author Elizabeth Kirk explained

In 1949, Lionel Trilling, the literary embodiment of the old liberalism, deplored those American conservatives who «express themselves» only in «irritable gestures which seek to resemble ideas.»

Unfortunately, I think Rachel's plea to pastors to tell the truth is a naive gesture, one that assumes that Christians find their sense of community in the waters of baptism rather than their shared ideas.

We will glorify war — the only true hygiene of the world — militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchist, the beautiful ideas which kill.»

LEAA tipped its hat to the idea of pursuing alternatives to prison and jails, but that was only a polite gesture — it has consistently emphasized bricks and hardware.

During this period of working with the text, you may get some specific ideas for gestures or movement.

The impression could all too easily be prompted in the minds of thoughtful parishioners that a long awaited gesture of compassion towards a downtrodden group had been blocked, yet again, by the outdated ideas of a few crusty clerics, and that it is only a matter of time before such conservatism crumbles in the face of popular opinion.

The viscus enters into action; it acts upon them, and soon it emits [renvoie] them metamorphosed into ideas, to which the language of physiognomy or gesture, or the signs of speech and writing, give an outward expression.

Dance is the use of specific movements and gestures by the body, movements often suggesting rhythms, ideas and feelings and often accompanied by music or words.

This gesture, of course, was expected; the City had title to vast stretches of vacant land in the Fast Brooklyn area, and no idea in the what to do with it.

They already had an idea to have people who ran in the Boston Marathon cross a finish line at halftime of their Spring Game, but that pales in comparison to this touching gesture.

That does seem to me a largely centre - right idea, which Cameron gestures towards when he argues that the big state is the cause of poverty, for which there does not seem to be much empirical evidence.

These included «conduit» gestures where the palm of the hand faces upward and moves toward the listener as if to present an idea to them.

Oddly enough, many of your points seem to gesture to the idea that rural Conservatism would be, from the rational point of view that we know doesn't exist, paradoxical.

She draws our attention to the parallel phenomenon of people using gestures that no longer represent the idea they are trying to convey.

When asked to describe the motion, Spanish speakers who can hear often augment their verbal description with a gesture that combines the ideas of «wobbling» and «down» in a single motion (top).

It's a day that's overrated on the idea of waiting for someone else to do something for you, whether it's a small gesture or a gigantic romantic plan... we're always waiting on someone else to make us feel great on this day and always wind up disappointed.

One such gesture is to embrace one of the all - time classic Valentine's Day ideas and use the occasion to show off your cooking skills.

We have a selection of concrete gestures, irresistible gift ideas and messages, topped off with inspiration for a grand romantic gesture to sweep her off her feet.

But if both of you have been in a relationship for some time now and you fully know that he will materially support you this Christmas, then a return gesture isn't a bad idea.

Dinnerstein — who burst onto the scene with a popular recording of the Goldberg Variations — phrases her Bach lovingly, taking great care to find the subtle gestures and and ideas in and around the notes.

As absorbing as the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinking.

Stealing Beauty's correlations with the later The Dreamers — a ripe lead with bee - stung lips; a moment in which the 19 - year - old protagonist nestles a paramour's photograph against an erogenous zone (a gesture Jonathan Rosenbaum called in his review of The Dreamers «the perfect encapsulation of Bertolucci's idea of a turn - on»); scatological punchlines; an unlikely virgin; shock nudity — are numerous and sundry, so much so that one would like to call the newer film an apologia.

Or consider that European TV stations think nothing of routinely programming series devoted to key Hollywood directors such as Samuel Fuller, Howard Hawks, Otto Preminger, and Douglas Sirk, but the very idea of Cinemax or the Movie Channel or American Movie Classics making such a highbrow gesture more than once in a blue moon would send shock waves through the industry.

by Walter Chaw Manny Farber described the films of Robert Bresson as «crystalline,» and it's hard to argue with the singular idea of purity represented by that word: they're all of gesture and implication, reduced down to the purest grist so that the powder of dramatic movements, rubbed together, might hum in miniature perfection.

From his attention - grabbing debut with «Reservoir Dogs» (1992), a deviously clever heist film where the heist is never seen and the drama is all in the conversation and the ingenious structure, to his acclaimed «Inglourious Basterds» (2009), his thrilling rewrite of World War II history as a magnificent movie fantasy, Tarantino has gone his own way, snatching up ideas strewn through decades of film history and hundreds of genre movies like a magpie, rethinking them completely, and weaving them into entirely new stories that unfold at a leisurely pace so he can enjoy every word and gesture along the journey.

Worst of all, Peyton barely if at all references the game upon which it was based, even as an Easter egg for nerds like yours truly; but then again, that game itself was kind of a Frankensteinian hybrid of old - school monster movies, making this adaptation's departures feel like some sort of feeble and unsuccessful full - circle gesture to liberate its ideas from a derivative foundation.

(or just do the unit) Students: - Invent, describe and inhabit an imaginary world - Identify and make character choices - Create story ideas - Use improvisation to explore elements of the story - Put themselves in someone else's shoes and reflect on characters - Respond to directions - Use voice, movement and gesture to convey meaning - Collaborate with peers to create scenes and contribute ideas - Interpret a story - Contribute to guided drama experiences Check out my store for more drama resources!

Students: - Visualise a world and respond to text (psycho drama)- Relate parts of the story to personal experiences - Put themselves in someone else's shoes and describe a characters feelings - Respond to directions - Use movement, facial expression and gesture to convey meaning and show emotions - Create soundscapes - Collaborate with peers to create scenes and contribute ideas - Contribute to guided drama experiences - Develop creative ideas - Practice rhymes from the story Check out my store for more drama resources!

Well Spoken contains a framework for understanding the skills involved in all effective oral communication, offers practical steps and lesson ideas that any teacher needs to successfully teach speaking in a variety of situations — from classroom discussions to formal presentations — and includes a set of tools for students — from how to grab the audience's attention to how to use emphatic hand gestures and adjust speed for effect.

Once you open your ears to student voice, and open your mind to their ideas and your hand in a gesture of partnership, there is no limit to the positive impact.

As he spoke from several levels of abstraction at times, his infectious exuberance for a convergence of publishing and the Internet generated fast, continual hand gestures, his head bobbing, a speaker busy with his ideas.

This gesture of goodwill starts you off on the right foot with your subscribers and gives them an idea of what they can expect from you through your emails.

Kinect Sports was originally conceived as a more complex sim, Sports Star, built around the idea of being a pro athlete, with gesture controls that were supposedly beyond anything available on the Wii.

He is renowned for being one of the first artists to make the radical gesture of taking the canvas off the stretcher and hanging it directly on the wall in works such as Purple Octagonal 1967, as well as making provocative sculptures such as Third Rope Piece 1974, the intimate scale of which directly responds to traditional ideas of monumental art.

ANOTHER GENERATION LOST has a roughly cat - like figure (throwing a jubilant thumbs - up gesture), yet inside is a whole nebula of ideas: the polywog eyes conflict with the red - orange Smurf - like character stepping into frame, and behind the nexus of chevron tendrils (in complimentary tones à la Bridget Riley) is what appears to be a grimacing, toothy mouth.

Her explorations of form and composition, color and gesture give rise to a compelling language of abstraction where her ideas and feelings about the inner life are projected through organic shapes and energetic brushstrokes.

Paola Antonelli, the design curator of the MoMA, said that right now a lot of artists are getting inspiration from chefs or designers — they're fishing in different ponds, and that's because sometimes chefs love to think, they have culture, and they put together ideas that become social gestures, exactly like Ai Weiwei or Joseph Beuys.

Developed during Vega's residency at the BCA, the event forms part of the artist's ongoing project VIX: Virtual International Exchange, which brings together national and international artists to contemplate ideas of intimacy and queering spaces, places and gestures.»

The Mitchell - Innes & Nash exhibition poses that this idea, and others explored in Color Field painting, are critically relevant to developments in contemporary art: the notion of a painting rooted in process and material rather than gesture and reference.

Students compare and contrast works of art in different media that depict people and consider how artists use the gestures, facial expressions, and body language of their subjects to communicate ideas and emotions.

So this idea, of expression living in the gesture made in paint, could be equated to performance, to an «act» or «reaction» to subject.

Back in New York, immersed in the circle of artists known as the New York School and with Cage and Cunningham's avant - garde influence as a foil, Rauschenberg explored many of the central ideas of Abstract Expressionism, both acknowledging and transgressing the movement's emphasis on gesture, individualism, action, and direct expression through paint.