I sincerely hope none of our readers are playing with fire, either in the literal sense or
in the figurative sense with debt.
Not exact matches
But as we understand Whitehead, the passage from the indeterminacy of the initial phases of concrescence, through the intermediate phases to the final phase, satisfaction, is a process which concretizes or actualizes the occasion itself, and the occasion is not actual until the process is complete.9 If so, the indeterminacy of the earlier phases of concrescence is a radical or absolute indeterminacy inconsistent
with the passage of time, for there is nothing as yet actual for which time could pass; thus, concrescence is a process
in a metaphorical or
figurative sense, and this is why Whitehead associates concrescence
with creativity, calling creativity the Category of the Ultimate, meaning that though it is used to explain all else, it is not explicable.
Criticism may smile indulgently at the palpable deception
in the claim that this was given to Moses at Sinai along
with the Torah, but if we would read the meaning of
figurative language, it is apparent that this was but an expression of the
sense of a pervasive natural law: the religious impulse and revelation
with which the name of Moses was associated was too great to embody itself
in written form — not even the Torah was adequate; but it reposed ultimately
in the divine impress upon the heart of man.
Doc Ebersole lives
with the ghost of Hank Williams - not just
in the
figurative sense, not just because he was one of the last people to see him alive, and not just because he is rumored to have given Hank the final morphine dose that killed him.
Companies
with this branding approach usually have a unique story to tell about where they and their products came from, both
in a literal and more
figurative sense, which can be a powerful tool for making a sale.
While fans have been pulling their hair out and literally (
in the
figurative sense, of course) bringing GameStop's system to its knees, Nintendo is going full speed ahead
with new Super Mario, Splatoon, and Yarn Yoshi versions of the hit figures.
Society's obsession
with female beauty is undeniable, but the beauty presented
in advertising is two - dimensional
in the
figurative as well as the literal
sense, airbrushed and Photoshopped to oblivion and usually devoid of all but the most basic emotion (Wow, that model's really happy
with her new mascara!).
This June, visitors to Ameringer McEnery Yohe gallery
in Chelsea, Manhattan, are confronted
with a sea of blues, both literal and
figurative, and a strong
sense of nostalgia for summers spent by the sea.
Somehow rooted
in nature yet seemingly devoid of any
figurative form, Untitled XXV articulates a landscape brought alive
with a
sense of the human through the length, scale, form and emotive power of de Kooning's vigorous brushwork.
For the works featured
in And Debris, Shepherd departs
in many ways from her previous work, which has been primarily rational and
figurative,
with an overall
sense of stability.
In The Moon Woman, a single figure strides, upright, imposing, with a sense of energy; five years later, however, in Alchemy, Pollock pours this motion (and emotion) directly on to the canvas, without the need for a figurative go - betwee
In The Moon Woman, a single figure strides, upright, imposing,
with a
sense of energy; five years later, however,
in Alchemy, Pollock pours this motion (and emotion) directly on to the canvas, without the need for a figurative go - betwee
in Alchemy, Pollock pours this motion (and emotion) directly on to the canvas, without the need for a
figurative go - between.
Guerrero Z. Habulan is a
figurative artist born
in Philippines, a young social realist
with a sharp
sense of humor.
This was the context
in which Kitaj developed as an artist, and although his art may be associated
with the trends
in figurative painting and British pop art, the most important influence on his art was a
sense of not belonging, Diaspora, spawning an oeuvre
in which symbols and references of visual, literary, historic and personal origin are brought together into colourful, narrative and complex compositions.
Taking its cue from the resurgence of
figurative sculpture
in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and from Sigmund Freud's essay «The Uncanny» (1919), the exhibition brings together mannequin - related art works, mostly from the 1960s onwards,
with objects from disparate cultural contexts that engender a similar
sense of unease
in the viewer: medical dolls, anatomical waxworks, religious statues, pagan figurines, ventriloquists» dummies, sex dolls, taxidermy and so on.
Early
in his career Scully made
figurative work to which he still feels indebted: «To this day my paintings retain a
sense of the body, and the feeling of a physical relationship
with the world.»
Leveille: I speak
in a language of pictures.
In a similar way that contemporary
figurative painters such as Currin, Kerry James Marshall, and Robin Francis Williams use a
sense narrative, I also use it as an artistic tool.This is very inspiring
in its own right to me, the exploration of an image, not
in service TO narrative but that employs these things as tools to make an emotional connection
with the viewer.
The white of the canvas was of extreme importance to Forge, who began his career as a
figurative painter but, after years of frustration, traded realism for the real — a search for «a
sense of truth,» as he termed it
in the interview, that was inspired by his friendship
with Alberto Giacometti and, later, by the «very vivid correspondence
with my
sense of the world, my
sense of reality,» that he found
in the work of Robert Rauschenberg.
What I'm trying to say is that the «triggers» (good word) of the space illusion are only going to work because they are associated
with a particular type of spatial sensation
in the real world, so that the illusory space that is evoked is actually tied to that particular spatial sensation, making the pictorial space at least
in this
sense figurative.
Akin to
figurative painters such as Dana Schutz or George Condo,
in a decidedly contemporary attitude about method and risk, Hickam reconciles a
sense of detachment
with a
sense of imperative.
Currently fusing fluid sketching and charcoal work styles from his past
with spray paint and distress techniques that he has developed over the years, the viewer will notice major differences in genre between the 2009 and 2010 works: while the current pieces dive into a more figurative and abstract realm, the 2009 series of paintings «With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» focuses more on a comic - themed visualization of the all - too - human defects of character, faulty perception, and skewed sense of hu
with spray paint and distress techniques that he has developed over the years, the viewer will notice major differences
in genre between the 2009 and 2010 works: while the current pieces dive into a more
figurative and abstract realm, the 2009 series of paintings «
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» focuses more on a comic - themed visualization of the all - too - human defects of character, faulty perception, and skewed sense of hu
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» focuses more on a comic - themed visualization of the all - too - human defects of character, faulty perception, and skewed
sense of humor.
They were struggling
with the same things that have come to be issues
in my work,
in the
sense that they were abstract painters before they were
figurative.
In works such as Almost a Bride (2015), the
figurative element is grouped
with a variety of abstract marks of pure gesture; one gets the
sense of an artist who eschews the vocabulary of pre-existing forms, instead putting a premium on visceral connection.
In her catalogue essay, Poddar provided partial explanation for suggestive pictorial elements in Gaitonde's abstractions by citing a specialist in South Asian art, critic Richard Bartholomew, who maintained that traditional Indian miniatures were not purely figurative, but were composed of literary and abstract elements.4 Gaitonde then might have been alluding to our necessity to «see» something in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them with what we already kno
In her catalogue essay, Poddar provided partial explanation for suggestive pictorial elements
in Gaitonde's abstractions by citing a specialist in South Asian art, critic Richard Bartholomew, who maintained that traditional Indian miniatures were not purely figurative, but were composed of literary and abstract elements.4 Gaitonde then might have been alluding to our necessity to «see» something in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them with what we already kno
in Gaitonde's abstractions by citing a specialist
in South Asian art, critic Richard Bartholomew, who maintained that traditional Indian miniatures were not purely figurative, but were composed of literary and abstract elements.4 Gaitonde then might have been alluding to our necessity to «see» something in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them with what we already kno
in South Asian art, critic Richard Bartholomew, who maintained that traditional Indian miniatures were not purely
figurative, but were composed of literary and abstract elements.4 Gaitonde then might have been alluding to our necessity to «see» something
in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them with what we already kno
in the picture, even when there is nothing objective or graphic there because, intuitively, we attempt to make
sense out of unfamiliar patterns trying to connect them
with what we already know.
-- didn't I tell you HotWhopper just loves my stuff?!!!] at language from the gutter [a sensitive issue here since it involves a lady, and everything (and we all have had some episodes
in our past, I dare muse, that — shall we say — benefit from the application of one or more, memory - gap,
figurative, fig - leaf pasties), but I
sense that HotWhopper speaks
with real authority here, and (unlike your typical hive, B. S. - er type) can truly appreciate and savor the fine points that separate «good» gutter - language from «not - so - good» gutter - language)... but [ah!
As a veteran Southern California trial lawyer, J. Craig Williams is no stranger to swimming
with sharks,
in the
figurative sense.