Sentences with phrase «often objects of desire»

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«Fear and greed, most notable among counterproductive emotions where money is the object of human desire, can and often do compromise the capacity for rational and orderly thought» Frank Martin

Since the child's wants often provide clues to his needs, they should be hospitably considered and never discounted or rejected simply because they are objects of desire.

It relates to the dimension often called eros, the human longing to possess and be possessed by the object of one's desire.

Once in the desired orbit, they often need some form of attitude control so that they are correctly pointed with respect to the Earth, the Sun, and possibly some astronomical object of interest.

But after the pleasure of having this object fades, we often just desire something else.

Embracing the linear, abstract and geometric, and the human desire to locate order and beauty in a world that often provides neither, Dahlgren's solo exhibition — his second here — features works (many site - specific or performative) that express how an artist can cultivate awe - inspiring impressions stemming from deliberation and recurring tasks, and from the alteration of domestic objects and common items such as weighing scales, coloured pencils and darts.

What / Why: «We treat desire as a problem to be solved, address what desire is for and focus on that something and how to acquire it rather than on the nature and the sensation of desire, though often it is the distance between us and the object of desire that fills the space in between with the blue of longing. - Rebecca Solnit GRIN is pleased to announce Pools of Fir, a solo exhibition of new painting and photography by Brooklyn based artist Caitlin MacBride.»

Fecteau likes to play with conventions within the art world, such as the desire to name things in order to know or understand them; how art objects age, and how works in the homes of collectors often sport a cobweb or two.

He altered found objects in a desire to enhance their identity, whereas later artists have often preferred to use the unaltered object as a way of questioning its role in society.

As a direct result of the artist's desire to create objects that were standing on their own (and as part of the expanded field of image making, emphasizing nothing other than their physical presence), Judd's work is often called literalist.

Her work is often born from a curiosity about an object or place and a desire to come to a deeper understanding of it.

Conservatives, in particular, who often object to sociallly constructed definitions of truth, should be wary of those who think they can and should skew the debate by choosing their authorities with a desired end in mind.