Not exact matches
7 What Lynch objects to is two kinds
of imagination, the univocal and the equivocal, the one
which flattens
out all the density and variety
of historical complexity through the imposition
of an idea (the allegorical and didactic mentalities) and the other
which sees everything as completely diverse and unrelated to anything else (the fideistic and the autonomous mentalities).
For in order to be aware
of oneself and God
imagination must enable a man to soar higher than the misty precinct
of the probable, it must wrench one
out of this and, by making possible that
which transcends the quantum satis
of every experience, it must teach him to hope and fear, or to fear and hope.
Out of the concern for personal immortality traditional Christian thought proceeded to construct in
imagination a spiritual world in
which the blessed enjoy their immortal existence.
If this is so, then it is true enough that no one exists who can help him — in case he actually should venture
out — and that
which a clever ingenious
imagination invents in order to be able to forget the troublesome background
of evasion above the terrifying foreground, actually comes to pass.
As pointed
out at the time, this was in contradiction to statements he had made previously, inwhich he had repudiated the idea
of human cloning: «Human cloning has grabbed people's
imagination, but that is merely a diversion — and one we personally regret, and find distasteful,» he had said in The Second Creation, the book on Dolly's cloning
which he co-authored with embryologist Kenneth Campbell in 2002.
In our effort thus far to describe and illustrate the role
of the
imagination in preaching, we have considered two aspects
of its power: the investiture
of the Christian moral vision with such sensibility as sometimes enables it to enclose within the meaning
of the Word
of God the subtler perditions that stalk men's lives; and the power to behold, and in part reenact, the architectonic structure
of grace that is the subliterary matrix
out of which the witness emerges.
The
imagination which was supposed to possess universal qualities capable
of inspiring flesh and blood men
of all lands and races to enter into a common faith turns
out to be a specific American
imagination.
Imagination is the process by
which we make a language
out of the shapes
of events — the concrete elements
of our own experience and the experience
of our communities.
Such traditions
of popular political participation in serious trouble because the cultural grounds on
which they have stood are beginning to come apart, to ravel
out, to lose coherent purchase in our
imaginations.
But when we look
out from the earth to seek to understand the universe
of which our planet is such an infinitesimal part, and to ask how it all began, we find ourselves in a bewilderingly vast space
which just defies our
imagination.
This recreation
of a Catholic
imagination has many aspects
which I will have to leave readers to work
out for themselves, but I want to allude particularly to its relevance to issues
of life and sexual morality.
Give it a rest, because even a bully in a school yard would know that
out of nothing nothing happens, but
of course it would take the nerd to conceive what the bully would not get even perhaps at a ripe old age, that what was always before the something
which lead to the «thing» on the bully's hand was the Infinite and that what's on the bully's hand can be infinitely divided, or that between the bully's pinky and thumb exists an infinity in itself, as is between the number 1 and another number 1 (one unit and another unit),
which make 2, or that the bully's hand will at one infinitely minute point in time disolve into the INFINITE, give it a rest Tom, Tom with the spelling, since you can not comprehend what lays between the fine letters, let alone conceive the truth, and distill knowledge from the ore your inadequate
imagination fails to mine.
For the goal is not simply the «renewal»
of traditional symbols but, more radically, the creation
of an encounter situation
which will, as Wilder says, give «that certain shock to the
imagination,» helping people to say «Yes,» not simply with their heads, but with commitment to be lived
out in their entire lives.
He left Sunday's start with a blister,
which is admittedly not a big deal in the long run, but Hill has had his share
of legitimate, career - altering injuries that kept him from breaking
out like this as a starter until he was in his mid-30s already — it doesn't take much
imagination to come up with a scenario where the A's tried to get too much and ended up getting nothing instead.
Over several months, the Reds» official charity has diligently organised an occasion that has captured the
imagination of the city - as proved by the speed with
which tickets sold
out.
Here the young child's
imagination is nourished and allowed to unfold, leading to an inner vitality
out of which grows the capacity not only for dynamic and original thinking but also for creative and effective adult life.
Biggest offenders include those where the author's lack
of imagination or energy just scream
out «I can't be bothered», or «I'm lame»
which of course, all reveal clues about character, intelligence, or confidence.
Throughout his career he has been the epitome
of «a safe pair
of hands», someone who is good at churning
out family - friendly, inoffensive mush
which will please studio executives at the cost
of dulling an audience's
imagination.
In a year in
which sequels again loom very large, James Foley (director
of After Dark, My Sweet and several of the best episodes of House Of Cards) has the challenge of trying to bring some wit and imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (out in February
of After Dark, My Sweet and several
of the best episodes of House Of Cards) has the challenge of trying to bring some wit and imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (out in February
of the best episodes
of House Of Cards) has the challenge of trying to bring some wit and imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (out in February
of House
Of Cards) has the challenge of trying to bring some wit and imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (out in February
Of Cards) has the challenge
of trying to bring some wit and imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (out in February
of trying to bring some wit and
imagination to Fifty Shades Darker (
out in February).
Less a fully - fleshed
out story, than an impressionistic sketch flick
which leaves the rudiments
of plot structure to the viewer's
imagination, Nights and Weekends is, nonetheless, an engaging slice -
of - life adventure as riveting as a train wreck.
For all
of the movie's special effects (
which wear
out their welcome in the film's bloated finale — perhaps the film's only predictable disappointment), this film compels our attention through visual
imagination... and the strength
of its cast.
A lifeguard (Justin Timberlake) tells us a story that just might be filtered through his vivid
imagination: a middle - aged carousel operator (James Belushi) and his beleaguered wife (Kate Winslet), who eke
out a living on the boardwalk, are visited by his estranged daughter (Juno Temple)-- a situation from
which layer upon layer
of all - too - human complications develop.
NOTE: Interestingly, the screenwriter initially envisioned the film as a more subtle, psychological character piece in
which the creatures were merely the figment
of a mentally ill young boy's
imagination, but, uh... well, it didn't quite turn
out that way.
Indeed, it's consistent with much recent work on collective bargaining (including the 2008 study The Leadership Limbo that I authored with Coby Loup),
which points
out that contracts are frequently less constricting than reputed — but that state and federal requirements, along with timidity and a lack
of imagination on the part
of district leaders, have contributed to a culture
of management passivity.
Feinberg recoils at what she describes as profound, if mannerly, thought control, in
which imagination and fantasy are ruled
out of order.
Since they never go
out of imagination, the guys from Auto Express prepared a new classic German battle, t his time between two performance models
which need no introduction: the BMW M5 and the Mercedes E63 AMG S Estate.
It's not bad by any stretch
of the
imagination, but it doesn't excite, either, or stand
out from the crowd either,
which is disappointing given the games mental presentation style.
With the new Avengers: Age
of Ultron movie coming
out in May, Vinylmation fans have been waiting to see more about this series,
which was originally teased at the
Imagination Gala.
It's a trend reflected in Jon Day's essay «Please Do Touch»
which appeared in the December issue
of Apollo, as well as in forthcoming books such as Joe Moshenska's Feeling Pleasures: The Sense
of Touch in Renaissance England or Hans Ulrich Obrist and Tom McCarthy's Mapping It
Out,
which charts the
imaginations of contributors ranging from contemporary artists to science - fiction writers.
These are the only cultural objects that mounir fatmi remembers from his childhood home in 1970s Tangier — all
of which he was forbidden to touch or were positioned
out of reach, but
which vividly captured his
imagination.
The jury is
out on
which model inspired Francis Picabia's exuberant and large - scale Elle danse
of 1948, but perhaps the most plausible candidate is the Polish dancer Stacia Napierkowska, who captivated his
imagination on board the steamship that carried him to New York for the famous Armory Show
of 1913 and whose risqué performances promptly got her arrested in the US.
She stands
out among contemporary painters as one who created great loveliness on canvas with
imagination and a fineness
of sheer painting quality
which is a joy to study.
The subjects
of paintings like The Garden
of Earthly Delights III (2003)--
which is, among other things, an homage to Hieronymus Bosch — grow
out of Shaw's vivid
imagination.
The most famous sites are the Basilica
of the Sagrada Familia,
which will literally knock your socks off both inside and
out; Park Güell — an enchanting city garden that's a wonderland
of Gaudí's
imagination; Casa Batlló, another
of Gaudí's masterpieces and,
of course, La Pedrera, an incredible building with no straight lines that is now an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There is a blurring
of the boundaries as a toy tin car
which is made alive through the
imagination, is constructed
out of a material used to hold a vital form
of nutrition.
Artist Andrew Cornell Robinson curated this nine - artist outdoor exhibition,
which will take over a parking lot in Ridgewood, and though its curatorial premise is so incredibly vague it sounds like satire — «This exhibition sets
out to examine the idea that the condition
of the interdisciplinary
imagination has the potential to create new forms and visual experiences» — the lineup, from an artist who dresses as Bigfoot to a ceramicist who makes apocalyptic office furniture, sounds fantastic.
or by Oscar Wilde «Anyone who lives life within their means suffers from a lack
of imagination» or Dr Seuss «Why fit in when you were born to stand
out»
which is a perfect Christening or birthday gift for any age.