Sentences with phrase «in poignant»

In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.

The words of the great David Foster Wallace in the poignant «Consider the Lobster» (a must read for environmentalists) are brutal, but make quite a point, one that I find myself dealing with every time I travel or every time I need to write about so - called «sustainable tourism.»

Collaborating with scientists and cultural informers in confronting the facts of global climate change, the artists participating in the Carbon 14: Climate is Culture exhibition respond to various aspects of the climate challenge in poignant, nuanced, subversive, often humorous, and always passionately human ways.

In a poignant reminder of the passage of time, Thai - Indian artist Navin Rawanchaikul wrote a letter that formed part of the group exhibition «Spiritual Ties,» a tribute celebration for Montien Boonma (1953 — 2000), on what would have been his 60th birthday.

At a moment in which the place of the humanities and the arts are coming under heavy attack within the United States, Muntadas» project is in itself a poignant reminder of the powerful way in which art can be practiced as a critical tool and how it is important that it continue to be a major component of academia, nurtured and fostered within the university.

They illustrate in poignant terms the crux of Pensato's process: these photos are taped to her studio walls as source material for her paintings.

Small works are not studies, but rather a look into the restrictive process of decision making on a conscientious scale, resulting in poignant, meaningful gestures.

And in a poignant sense, conveying the universality of people and races in the world.

In a poignant expression of mutual admiration, St. John recalls his wife informing him one day that Richard, or his wife Phyllis, had called the St. John's home to inquiry about purchasing a small landscape painting that had caught their attention at the Contemporary Realist Gallery in San Francisco.

In the poignant Data Diaries, 2003, Arcangel instructed QuickTime to read the RAM data on his own computer as a movie file, calling forth its computational inner life as a series of beautiful patterned colours and pixels.

In a poignant reflection on a well - documented abusive childhood at the hands of his stepfather, Perry's ceramic work Mad Kid's Bedroom Wall Pot (1996) states, «I was a mad kid and now I ain't.

Starring The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, the game will draw upon the themes of climate change and parenthood, all of which are drenched in poignant symbolism.

In one of many, Mordin dies in poignant self - sacrifice as he comes to terms with the mistakes he made in engineering the genophage, and opts to disperse the cure before an explosion consumes him whole.

Take in the poignant sight of row upon row of small white grave markers stretching across acres.

Although catnip is often unrivaled in its poignant scent and powerful feline influence, there are many other alternatives that your cat (and you) will love.

The lives of 20 Hispanic people are celebrated in poignant biographical sketches that succinctly present the essence of each hero's life and legacy to future generations.

George Hodgman recounts caring for his ailing mother in the small, fading town of his childhood in his poignant and hilarious memoir, Bettyville.

James McBride, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.

Lorna Jane Cook writes about our earthly tragedies from an eternal perspective in a poignant yet matter - of - fact way.

In this poignant story of a nearly forgotten WWII tragedy, four skilled narrators portray a Lithuanian nurse, a pregnant Polish girl, a Prussian artist - soldier, and a Nazi sailor, illuminating the pain, heroism, despair, hope, and heartbreak of war.

It bridges time, age and race in a poignant, bittersweet tale that impacts, not only the two characters, but anyone who picks up this book.

A heartbroken widower resolves to make the best of the life that remains in this poignant and deeply felt novel, written by a former dean of Columbia College.

Travel back to the golden age of Hollywood with a washed - up F. Scott Fitzgerald in this poignant novel from O'Nan.

The Girl from the Garden by Parnaz Fourutan (Ecco) The fortunes of a wealthy Iranian - Jewish family are explored in this poignant, accomplished and cinematic first novel from a recipient of the PEN USA Emerging Voices Fellowship.

The journey that these two quirky, wonderful characters make in order to overcome their emotional baggage speaks to the healing power of music — and love — in this poignant, ultimately joyful work of fiction.

In this poignant story, Elisa is trying to find the perfect place to scatter her grandmother's ashes.

If, in this poignant account, the villains are the «Big Vegetables» (Les Grosses Légumes)-- the fat cats who benefited from Mobutu's largesse — the heroes are the ordinary citizens trapped in a parody of a state.

Boys (and girls) will hear some familiar voices in the poignant poems, essays, journals, and interviews.

Rabinowitz details in this poignant and arrestingly illustrated memoir how he felt broken as a child.

In her poignant memoir The Water Will Hold You: A Skeptic Learns to Pray, Lindsey Crittenden explores the evolution of her prayer life as a relationship with God.

In this poignant memoir, inaugural poet Richard Blanco reflects upon his childhood in Miami's Cuban community and his journey toward understanding his identity as a gay Cuban - American.

Best known for his mystery novels, Walter Mosley takes a turn to literary fiction in this poignant story of an old man's final days.

In this poignant, funny follow - up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids» natural talents can flourish.

«Diarrhea, he adds, a preventable and easily treatable disease, takes the lives of 760 000 children every year1, that is 5 Boeing 747s crashing every day for a year, full of children, as the United Nations Environment Programme puts it in poignant words.

In a poignant speech DuVernay recalled speaking to people and their memories of Shearmur.

A fairy tale grounded in poignant reality, the magnificent, Manhattan - set The Fisher King, by Terry Gilliam, features Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams in two of their most brilliant roles.

Heading to the beach Daenerys Targaryen bids Jon Snow a sombre farewell in a poignant moment, though her spirits are surely raised by Ser Jorah Momont's (Iain Glen) re-appearance.

Newell's direction switches smoothly between affecting intimacy and sequences of rowdy chaos; perhaps the film's trump card, however, is its emotional honesty, particularly in the poignant and sobering funeral scene.

The circumstances that brought the two of them together aren't initially known, but are explained in a poignant moment later in the film.

It's one of the most beautiful scenes of the year, perhaps the decade in a poignant and graceful composition.

It delves into what would happen when humans succumb to their basest instincts, or as Freud would say, our Ids, and in a poignant series of events, also explores the fact that the ability to be infused with a rage is inherent in every human, whether infected with a virus or not.

The Last Movie Star (R for sexuality and partial nudity) Burt Reynolds stars in this poignant character study about an aging matinee idol forced to face the fact that his glory days are way behind him.

The humor can also be overly silly at times, more befitting a cartoon than a subtle independent comedy with melancholy beats, and the action elements toward the end, including car chases and destruction, feel like they belong in a spoof of 1980s blockbusters more so than in a poignant story about two misunderstood and withdrawn characters finding ways to come together.

Bill Condon brings to the screen the life of James Whale, the famed director of the old Frankenstein movies, in this poignant portrait of a man and artist in the winter of his life.

Renuke Jeyapalan) a bittersweet battle of wills between nine - year - old Josephine and her mother's new boyfriend in this poignant tale of modern family politics.

Champion: The emotional star praised his fellow Rising Star nominees in his poignant speech as well as thanking his acting mentors and his family for letting him «think different»

Happily, it ends on a strong note, as Clouds is a typically smart, incisive, beautifully crafted analytical exercise from Olivier Assayas, serving as a companion piece to both Irma Vep (with which it shares a knowing film - world milieu) and to Summer Hours (in its poignant juxtaposition of generations).

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Underneath the disapproving gaze of her Grandfather, Pai prevails, her undeterred integrity and impeccable emotional maturity re-uniting those around her, and ultimately solidifying her status as leader in this poignant, modestly political fable.

In this poignant tale, lies the narrative of a medical doctor who truly merited the Hippocratic Oath of «first do no harm» despite the many injustices he himself received.