Sentences with phrase «means of gesture»

«No Man's Land» is Tsungs first solo show with the gallery and will include fifteen new portraits of various sitters bestowing elements of androgyny and exuding subtle complexities of intimate emotion by means of gesture and expression.

In addition, the occupants may use the features of the infotainment system by means of gesture control.

Neuhaus, and he risked creating the impression that he was authoritarian, talking to us from on high, but his tone» serious but never seriously self - referential» established quickly enough that the meaning of this gesture was that it was the preaching office that was elevated, not the man except insofar as he was operating in persona Christi.

«But if we abstract from our high experience in the education of the children, the method of communication with the child by means of gestures may not seem just a waste of time.

Navigation, telephone, entertainment features and vehicle functions can be visualized on the standard high - resolution 10.25 - inch screen and controlled not just in the usual manner using the iDrive Controller, but also by means of gestures, voice commands or simply touching the display.

The meanings of the gestures becomes amplified by the accumulation of lines, objects, color or images as they are gathered and reiterated over time, grounding the work in opaque process - driven rigor, despite the transparency, both in materiality and in concept.

That occurs as visualizations inside a container of mindful meditation, as well as somatic investigation into the meaning of a gesture or tension in the body.

Not exact matches

Together, these body - language cues will help solidify an air of authority and reinforce how gestures can add to or impede our meaning.

But Choi finds meaning in the Olympic gestures, largely because of where these athletes will compete.

It's entered our lexicon as a means of describing any high - stakes competitive gesture between one brand and its closest competitor.

«I love you» would mean very little if there were no gesture, no sign, no action of love that «embodies» the words.

And when Christians, in many different ways, gather together to celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, Holy Communion, Eucharist, or Mass, the words and gestures together form the total meaning.

The unique gestures and turns of phrase that an outsider is liable to dismiss as insignificant are often loaded with a meaning that defies paraphrase and explanation.

Oral performance is a means of transforming silent texts into sounds and movement through the mediums of speech and gesture.

Gesture is adapted to suit the voice, though movements are also full of meaning (279).

You will sense that particular gestures are appropriate, that certain words and phrases stand out in your practice readings, and that various meanings of the texts will be coming into sharper focus.

The gestures gave added emphasis to the event, but more so, the physical raising of the hands was meant to be the exterior sign of the interior intention to focus on God alone.

Worship is the gesture of faith by which we may be saved from thinking that we already have all the means by which to be responsibly religious.

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).

Human intercourse can be effected by looks or gestures, and particularly by means of words.

While the liturgical gesture of imposing hands exclusively pertained to the bishop in the ancient Church's reconciliatory rites, it incarnated the Church's saintly members» collective intercession by means of which the penitent's sins are forgiven.

Of course it is he or she who does the actual celebrating and the preaching; it is his or hers hands, voice, vocabulary, gestures and the like which are the necessary finite human means through which the thing is being done.

the actors on the stage are suddenly frozen, their posture or gesture transfixed, the audience in an instant is turned to stone, time holds breath, and you and I become a part of this great drama — that of the meanings of things and events, of love and hate, of living and killing — a drama before and beyond time, before even this particular Passion, yet known to us here and now.

David Tracy points to Derrida as such a figure: «Any hope for a full «presence» of meaning is, for Derrida, the most characteristic gesture of Western logocentric thought.

Gratitude entails humbly reaching out, acknowledging, appreciating, and even honoring the benefactor by means of thankful words, gestures, deeds, goodwill, or material signs» a card, memento, or some token of heartfelt recognition.

To me, it is a community gathered together to worship God, and there is a spiritual dimension within the meaning of every word, gesture, posture.

And if your courtship partner ever suggests that maybe the two of you should sit down to actually talk about real life instead of filling it all up with trivial events, it just means you've been slacking on filling your schedule with grand gestures.

I think the real meaning of Valentines Day lies in thoughtful gestures and carefully crafted words (original or borrowed!).

The Spanish giants are joining the likes of Bayern Munich and Celtic in making this big gesture, and they also plan to help out the Spanish government in providing supplies and other means of support for vulnerable people.

Even after Ranadivé and the Kings» well - meaning gestures, it was clear that shows of goodwill only stated what should be obvious.

This means when he puts on his costume and starts to amaze as Spider - Man, it's a gesture of defiance towards those cool kids who looked down on him when he's in his human guise.

Also for my daughter with Autism who struggles with inferred over literal meanings, it was interesting to see her parse gestures even with her not being a fan of eye - contact.

Even if she doesn't immediately calm down at the sound of your voice, or you choose to let her fuss while you finally eat something — your replies and gestures let her know that her communication (crying) means something to you, and reassures her that she matters.

-- 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!

Any gesture that obviously mimics the meaning of the word works well, for example:

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy principally involves PLACE - creating a Playful, Loving, Accepting, Curious, and Empathic environment in which the therapist and parent attune to the child's «subjective experiences» (feelings, and thoughts) and help the child make sense of them by reflecting back and validating those experiences to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, tone of voice, timing and touch.

Gestures, body language, and the person's tone of speech all help a baby learn what different words mean.

Language refers to the meanings of sounds and gestures.

Typically, they will start with the signs and gestures that involve facial expression (blowing, panting), then whole arm signs (i.e., bye bye, clapping), then hand signs (i.e., more, milk) and finally signs involving various hand shapes and more dexterity (i.e., cat, pointing) Once they have internalized the meanings of the signs and have developed the cognitive and motor skills necessary to sign, they will communicate to you.

But starting between 6 and 8 weeks of life, babies develop a «social smile» — an intentional gesture of warmth meant just for you.

Asked whether this meant only Christians should be accepted by Europe, he replied: «I am saying we can make a gesture and we could give refugee status to a few people and I am highlighting the plight of the Christians.»

«This means they may make more of these «interactive» gestures to ensure that the conversation goes smoothly.

Yet a gesture of solidarity, however sincerely meant, can not be a substitute for hard - headed strategy.

A rash of criticism led Governor Andrew Cuomo's counsel Alphonso David to say the suspension of the ammo registry program was a gesture meant to assure the public that it would not move forward prematurely.

Published in PLOS Biology, researchers from the Universities of York, St Andrews, and Kyoto first defined the meaning of each bonobo gesture by looking at the reaction that it elicits and whether the bonobo who gestured was «satisfied» with the reaction.

Taken over many observations, the researchers were able to systematically define the sets of meanings of 33 bonobo gesture types and compare them to gesture meanings already known for chimpanzees.

The two species separated approximately 1 - 2 million years ago, and although it is already known that they share many of the same gestures, the degree of similarity between the meanings of the chimpanzee and bonobo gestures is a new discovery.

In fact, younger signers of ISL use a different gesture to signal an aside — and they have different ways to express many other meanings as well.

They can understand both the meaning and the order of words conveyed through human hand gestures — correctly putting an item on the right side of their tank into a basket on the left, for example.

Rather than assign physical gestures based on the literal meaning of a person's spoken words, the program focuses on prosody, the combination of vocal rhythm, intonation and stress.