After Elizabeth gets a job as a page in a strange lending library that has a collection of
magical objects from Grimms» fairy tales, things start to disappear.
Not exact matches
In 1953, D.W. Winnicott published his paper Transitional
Objects and Transitional Phenomena in which he described,
from his perspective as both pediatrician and psychoanalyst, the significance of what many parents term «lovey,» or that particular soft
object that has a seemingly
magical power to comfort a young child.
With help
from three
magical beings, the goofball Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), the regal Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey) and the wise Mrs.. Who (Mindy Kaling), the kids leave their world to find Alex, bringing Meg's crush
object, Levi Miller's Calvin O'Keefe, along with them.
After receiving a
magical Trapper Keeper
from a mysterious figure known as The Wizard, Marty gains the ability to turn everyday
objects into powerful weapons for fighting evil.
These have been mischievously interspersed with «ancient» bronze
objects purchased by Beard
from eBay, inviting us to ponder on the
magical — and confusing — power of a museum display to render even the most insignificant
object precious.
In a nutshell: A rather
magical exhibition in which sculptor Cornelia Parker has dotted a quirky array of
objects provided by 68 of her artist, writer and musician friends,
from Anthony Gormley and Thomas Heatherwick to Marina Warner and Jarvis Cocker around the building's creaking staircases and stucco'd state rooms.
Objects can be glimpses into or our inner emotional lives or, in the case of exalted objects such as talismans or heirlooms, inspire magical thinking that is an escape from the banal and gives us a sense of c
Objects can be glimpses into or our inner emotional lives or, in the case of exalted
objects such as talismans or heirlooms, inspire magical thinking that is an escape from the banal and gives us a sense of c
objects such as talismans or heirlooms, inspire
magical thinking that is an escape
from the banal and gives us a sense of control.
Subsequently, I have researched their identity if mysterious, their likely source, their likely point of marine entry, the path followed
from there to my greedy hands, the probable dynamics controlling that movement, the date of manufacture (often decades ago) the nearly
magical rhythms of some
objects» appearances, their denizen hitchhikers, etc..
The multifunctional (and adorable) U.M.O. (Unidentified
Magical Object)
from UM Project can be all three!
Mosaics are
magical because
from a distance they look like solid
objects but up close you see the incredible detail that comes
from the hundreds of tiny pieces of china that have been painstakingly glued together.
You believe that there exists some
magical version of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics that prevents colder
objects from radiating toward warmer
objects... or the warmer
objects from absorbing the radiation... or this absorbed radiation
from affecting the energy balance, or some other total nonsense that violates the laws of physics.