His work continuously evolves from
a language of gestures and colored born out of abstract expressionism, towards the meticulous painting style seen in the 1964 - 66 series dots paintings.
Jonas» work, which has been exhibited extensively across the globe since the early 1970s, is dedicated to the exploration of non-linear narratives, oral history, as well as past and current politics; it translates popular culture, anthropological influences, and literary sources into a reduced and minimalist
language of gestures, objects, and signs as an expanded notion of sculpture.
Of course, gesture as the basis for language remains speculative, says Pollick, and it may prove that other animals, such as dolphins, employ
a language of gestures humans simply have not been able to detect.
Multiples often engage in twin talk, a spoken language or
a language of gestures and body language.
Some toddlers develop a whole sign
language of gestures to communicate with their parents.
Despite all modern advances, however, in this book I will reserve the use of «language» for speech, ignoring
the language of gestures, mime, and film.
You have identified with his feelings and have begun to show those attitudes through
the language of gesture and movement as well as the rendering of the powerful words.
Humans have always communicated their religious questions and expressions in
the language of gesture and dance.
He turned the structure of pictorial space on its ear and expanded
the language of gesture by trading in the brushwork of Abstract Expressionism for decorative switchbacks drawn from the needle of an industrial sewing machine... The Shields avatar continues to influence the work of contemporary artists ranging from Jessica Stockholder to Jim Lambie to Lauren Luloff, and his aesthetic reach is one that crosses platforms, mediums and milieus.»
In her latest body of work, the abstracted figure emerges, giving rise to a new visual
language of gesture and movement.
In her new installation at the Hugh Lane, McCann brings together the protagonists Edward Carson (politician) and Hans Poelzig (architect and set designer) and the vestiges of their mythologies to portray the internal
language of gesture, meaning, inference and allegiance.
He turned the structure of pictorial space on its ear and expanded
the language of gesture by trading in the brushwork of Abstract Expressionism for decorative switchbacks drawn from the needle of an industrial sewing machine.
Not exact matches
Keep in mind the shape you're making is similar to the sign
language gesture for a part
of the female anatomy.
Together, these body -
language cues will help solidify an air
of authority and reinforce how
gestures can add to or impede our meaning.
The subtleties
of language and
gesture that make up a small - scale drama are far harder to translate than a meteor demolishing a skyscraper.
It requires sustained eye - contact,
gesture, an engaged and energetic body
language, facial emphasis, all
of that.
Nonverbal communication uses all sorts
of language;
gestures, symbols, overt acts, silences and attitudes.
My childhood fascination with the beauty and wonder
of words, and the power unleashed when
language, action, and form become transformed as speech and
gesture, became a passion
of my mind and heart.
There are, for example, signals used in animal communication, nonconventional signals which include some
gestures, and single - word sentences such as the word «Tree» used by children in the early stages
of language acquisition.
Word,
gesture, and artifact form a local
language — a system
of construable signs that Clifford Geertz, following Weber, calls a «web
of significance «2 — that distinguishes a congregation from others around it or like it.
Traditions
of every kind, hoarded and manifested in
gesture and
language, in schools, libraries, museums, bodies
of law and religion, philosophy and science — everything that accumulates, arranges itself, recurs and adds to itself, becoming the collective memory
of the human race — all this we may see as no more than an outer garment, an epiphenomenon precariously superimposed upon all the other edifices
of Nature (the only truly organic ones, as it may appear): but it is precisely this optical illusion which we have to overcome if our realism is to reach to the heart
of the matter.
An Emergent definition
of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions
gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches
language to the culture as translating the culture's
language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense
of the depth that people discover in the oddest places
of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source
of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).
With all the eloquent silence
of the Indian sign
language, her
gesture and attitude spoke to the youth and said: «I am here, I am ready.
Whether by silence,
gesture or speech, the retriever functions an a poet who must assist the subtextual potential
of his material to «
language» itself once again.
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.
It must be conducted in
language and expressive
gestures at least some
of which are already familiar to nonparticipants.
Second, we need to become conscious
of the themes,
language and
gestures of governance that have emerged in the past 200 years in the savagery
of extinguished publics and broken covenants, whether in Nazi Germany, Chile, Czechoslovakia or the Trail
of Tears.
Out
of the fertile plenitude
of Eros comes the opulent
language of word, mark, and
gesture.
«If during each season
of the term
of this contract the player is not dismissed from the field
of play on three or more occasions for violent conduct, spitting, for using offensive, insulting or abusive
language and / or
gestures and / or for dissent... then on the June 30 at the end
of each season he shall receive a bonus payment
of # 1 million.»
A flagrant foul will be defined as a foul that may or may not involve physical contact, but involves such acts as fighting, contacting a game official, fouls so severe as to place an opponent at risk, persistent or extreme abusive conduct and the use
of vulgar
language or
gestures.
But you do want to make sure that in the 1st year
of life, your child is relating to you, smiling, making eye contact and starting to have some
gesture language by 1 year
of age.
Even the simplest moment
of sharing a lullaby with your baby, coupled with words, concepts and
gestures, becomes a
language lesson.
In fact, these emotions are very important and parent should pay close attention to it: watch for cues, like facial
gestures, the changes
of behavior, body
language.
Eurythmy is a system
of gestures and rhythmic movements designed to make
language, music, and rhythm visible.
-- Discover what eurythmy reveals about human development — Work your way through the development
of the child by means
of exercises appropriate to each developmental phase — See how the Waldorf curriculum comes to life through movement and
gesture — Learn about the interplay between eurythmy and academic experiences — Acquire the
language and understanding to talk about eurythmy to Waldorf parents in a valuable way — Work, play, laugh, and have fun!
It is important to check if your baby is responding to your
gestures before making use
of baby sign
language.
The impact
of encouraging infants to
gesture on infant
language and maternal mind - mindedness.
Copying sounds and
gestures of others are 9 - month
language / communication milestones.
Gestures, body
language, and the person's tone
of speech all help a baby learn what different words mean.
Gestures are an important part
of language development.
Body
language: Soon after, she moves the position
of her hand, so that her middle finger is across the top
of her top lip, and her index finger is vertical, up the side
of her right cheek.Meaning
of the
gestures: This is an even more critical analysis, becoming even more negative.
Body
language: As you start she sits forward and places her hand to her chin as though she is stroking an invisible beard.Meaning
of the
gestures: She is interested in what you have to say and evaluates you with the help
of her chin stroking.
Body
language: Very slowly, her free leg, crossed over the other, starts to swing backwards and forwards.Meaning
of the
gestures: You're beginning to really irritate her.
Body
language: She still keeps nodding from time to time.Meaning
of the
gestures: She's being polite now.
While
gesture may be the first step in
language evolution, the psychologists also found evidence that the evolutionary pathway from
gesture to human
language included the «co-evolution
of gestural and vocal communication.»
Overall, the findings support the «
gestures first» theory
of the evolution
of language.
The child's transition from
gesture to symbol could be a developmental model
of the evolutionary pathway to human
language and thus evidence for the «gestural origins
of human
language,» Greenfield said.
This pattern, she said, suggests that
gesture plays a role in the evolution, as well as the development,
of language.
Brookshire worked with Daniel Casasanto, assistant professor
of psychology and leader
of the Experience and Cognition Lab; Susan Goldin - Meadow, the Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor
of in the Department
of Psychology and an acclaimed scholar
of language and
gesture; Howard Nusbaum, professor
of psychology and an expert in spoken
language and
language use; and Jenny Lu, a PhD student specializing in sign
language,
gesture and
language development.
«To sustain Acheulean technology, there must have been some kind
of teaching, and maybe even a kind
of language, going on, even just a simple proto -
language using sounds or
gestures for «yes» or «no,» or «here» or «there,»» Morgan said.