Sentences with phrase «play upon the idea»

The first thing pomocon readers should know is that this one of the artworks that best captures or plays upon the idea, sometimes floated by Jim Ceaser hereabouts, that America has an «unwritten Constitution» that can only be described as Christian.

Her exhibition at the Weatherspoon, Foreign Love, mixes multiple cultural references to play upon the idea of shifting identities and includes work on paper, ceramic sculptures, and a series of talisman - like works inspired by Korean norigae.

Mariko Mori is fascinated by Möbius strips, and in Cyclicscape at Sean Kelly Gallery, creates sculptures which play upon the idea of an infinite loop.

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To be sure, from the days of the Exile on, the majority of Jews lived not in Palestine but in foreign lands, where they were played upon by alien customs and ideas, and in such a situation continued fealty to the ancestral faith was far more a matter of individual choice than it was in the homeland.

Give it 20 more years, and the idea of someone being elected that plays upon the LGBT «Question» will be looked at the same as someone campaigning on the basis that women should not show their ankles or elbows in public.

But because the combo seemed a great «grab - and - go» breakfast idea, I took it upon myself to play with it.

we have become so reliant upon one individual to run the whole operation that our once relevant scouting department has become so stagnant that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once... when this occurs the management team, who by this juncture is little more than a congregation of spefically chosen «yes» men, making it incredibly difficult for new ideas to emerge and / or transfers / contract renegotiations to be dealt with in a timely and effective manner... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

It is an idea struck upon by Fred Donaldson, after he spent time watching and playing with other animals in the wild.

It's not a particularly well kept secret that Sylux will potentially play a large role in the upcoming game, but something I want to see is if the idea of other hunters will be expanded upon again.

Even if the level of other characters» own development decreases as they move down the food chain of plot importance (Some speak of their lack of feelings of worth and act upon them, others give themselves neat nicknames and show off their abilities, and one seemingly appears only as fodder for the villain (After the pronouncement that said character is dead, we half expect the follow - up to be «And we have killed him»)-RRB-, there is at least this conflict of ideas between its central characters playing out as though it, instead of nifty superhuman talents, is what matters the most.

With a plot so deeply focused on the idea of breaking free from constraints placed upon us by time - honoured tradition, Insurgent's overriding inclination is to play it safe.

It was Domhnall himself who hit upon the idea of the family staging a version of Walsh's play, after he saw his friend Tadhg Murphy appear in the Druid Theatre's acclaimed production a few years ago.

In his mid-forties when called upon by Friedkin to play Father Merrin, the title exorcist (Friedkin had nixed the idea of Marlon Brando for the part), von Sydow underwent hours of makeup and changed his upright physical posture to play the over-70-year-old priest.

I think it was because I loved the idea that normal, everyday kids, playing at fantasy, could stumble upon real magic.

* With my idea / theory, it's a game, and a game that can be played immediately, and isn't reliant upon anything other than driving to game store or downloading online.

They quickly hit upon the idea of a Restricted list for cards (cards that could not be used in tournament play), to weed out the ludicrous cards, but the play environment was still too fast, and worse, the sheer number of interactions that were available in the pool was becoming impossible to track and design for as new expansions rolled in.

So we played around with various ideas, and hit upon the two - player, 4 - sided dice version, which we think works pretty tightly.

Upon this «simple idea» Wizards of the Coast is building Magic: The Gathering Arena's business model, which could quickly be summed up as free - to - play that gives players a choice of time or money as a way to progress.

However, not only are the influences clear while playing, but the ideas and themes found in some of these films laid the groundwork for the games to expand upon.

Upon pledging, you will be granted a Forum Ribbon with access to our Official Development Forums, and a place within the «Order of the Unseen,» where you can begin sharing your ideas about all aspects of Shadow of the Eternals, helping create an experience that you — the gamer — want to play.

Her many other works play upon traditional Eastern ideas of music, texts, and scroll painting, shocking those precedents into the present day.

This body of work plays with the idea of art as an ongoing conversation with posterity in which artifacts of the past are painted over, yet traces of the original art remain — and using the cave - dweller as a metaphor for the fundamental human condition: forever shrouded in darkness and uncertainty, yet determined to leave our own visions upon the walls of the cave.