Sentences with phrase «poignancy in»

That Kelley had been involved in its organization only gave the idea of this retrospective exhibition an added poignancy in light of the artist's suicide in January 2012.

There's poignancy in Matisse's late works, in those exquisite cut - outs that occupied him so intensely in the remaining decade of his life

Whether through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, or other media, contemporary artists have drawn on the centuries - old tradition to create works of conceptual vivacity, beauty, and emotional poignancy in the present time.Structured according to the classical categories of the still - life tradition — Flora, Food, House and Home, Fauna, and Death, each chapter in Michael Petry's book explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of the memento mori, has been rediscovered for a new millennium.

I found poignancy in the political, like the roster of Uruguay's «disappeared,» which Luis Camnitzer inscribes in the phone book.

Although she began her career with landscapes, she soon discovered poignancy in the disheveled domestic interiors and everyday scenes that upheld her suspended narratives.

Frédéric Brenner brings twelve photographers to «This Place,» in the Middle East, where Shimon Attie works as well, while John Akomfrah finds poignancy in the migration across continents.

If you like laugh out loud, dark comedy and poignancy in equal measures then you'll love Kevin Kelly's incredibly funny and intimate take on a mid-life man's misadventures as he makes his way through life.

The brothers» bond is movingly drawn; in contrast to much of the film's macho posturing, there's real poignancy in their clashes.

So, too, does Stallone gain more poignancy in those two films, not necessarily by doing things differently (in the worst of circumstances, he's pretty charming as Rocky) but by allowing his advanced age to sink in on screen.

Its failures are remarkably similar to those of Clockwatchers in that no matter the polish of the cast nor the professionalism of the narrative, there's a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies.

As Wade and his friends dive into the digitized memories of this Willy Wonka figure, searching for clues that might lead them to the next key, Ready Player One locates some poignancy in its creators» desire to reshape the world to their exact interests and specifications.

Powerful drama from writer - director Kelly Reichardt («Wendy and Lucy») further establishes her as an auteur who finds poignancy in the stillness

But Bell jettisons any possibility for radical ideals or emotional poignancy in favor of a hackneyed rom - com ending tacked onto a movie that's both stale and unpleasantly madcap.

There is poignancy in her helplessness, and Spielberg shows it in a virtuoso two - shot, as she hangs over Anderton's shoulder while their eyes search desperately in opposite directions.

On this occasion plot revelations and twists in carry historical poignancy in a manner that far outweighs the spooky context.

Due to its political sensibilities, smart cinema could only achieve its authentic poignancy in spite of these conditions.

There is a poignancy in their encounter, a sense of a road not taken, but the sharpness of the initial pain has lessened.

This appears with great poignancy in the Book of Lamentations.

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While the poignancy is in other lines in his column («We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick.

Indeed, it is in that ambivalence that so much of the poignancy of the songs lies.

As the ball leaves his hand, the action stops — and watching, we feel a curious poignancy, a catch in the throat.

Granted that, as in modern hymnals, expressions of religious need and aspiration originally born out of individual experience were often used in public application and became the voice of the whole people, still that very poignancy that made them thus generally applicable came from the intensely intimate experience in which they started.

Moreover, the poignancy of the sense of public guilt was reflected in private self - accusation, and the issue is seen in such prayers as the psalmist's confession of deep - seated sinfulness,

In this case, the reason is Crutchfield's piercing lyrics and the way she delivers them with such bracing poignancy.

Faced by the long stall in anything that can believably be described as ecumenical progress, the Princeton Proposal is marked by a certain poignancy.

This cry, the full poignancy of which can be realized only when it is heard in the context which the seventh chapter of the letter to the Romans provides, is answered in the next breath, «I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord.»

It is part of «grief's slow wisdom» (The phrase is from a poem by Owen Meredith, in The Wanderer in Italy) that only time can heal the poignancy of the hurt.

Always in the organic world it is the best who can suffer most, and man outranks the lower orders of existence, not simply in range of intelligence and creativity, but in depth, expanse, and poignancy of feeling and therefore of sensitivity.

This assertion by the Apostle Paul possessed considerable more poignancy for antebellum Americans than for us because, whereas they lived in death's presence, we have largely banished it from ours, making the good news seem not quite as good.

As this nearness was experienced in all of its power and poignancy, it was natural to assume, given the apocalyptic expectations of the day, that the long awaited kingdom of God was also chronologically near as well.

«Each time that I have listened to the president reflect on his Christian faith, I'm struck by the quiet poignancy of his words as he speaks from the heart,» said Stephen Schneck, a professor from Catholic University who has advised the administration in the past.

So far as its ecclesiastical aspect is concerned, I attribute the complexity and «poignancy» of our confusion about ourselves in large measure to the peculiarity of our form of Christian establishment.

I was reminded of this with particular poignancy a few days ago, when I read that the Japan Science and Technology Agency had awarded a grant of $ 3.4 million to a group of Japanese and American researchers in «evolutionary science and technology» for a project to be conducted at Monash University, the ultimate aim of which is to determine — based on models provided by Integrated Information Theory (IIT)-- whether it is possible to create «artificial consciousness.»

Again in the next chapter the promise and the requirement are driven home with a poignancy that would stab us if familiarity with the words had not dulled us to their power, «If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.»

But in his frequent references to the soul's «hidden wholeness,» his own experience of a war - to - the - death within gives the phrase special poignancy.

For example, the problem of evil takes on peculiar poignancy when the evil in view is the century - long oppression of Blacks.

Written with courage and poignancy, this allegory from First Things» poetry editor ambitiously tries to take a step back from our society in order to show how America has drifted into becoming a nation that now seems to be waffling, especially in the face of the upcoming presidential election.

Considering Liverpool looks set to lose midfielder Emre Can on a free transfer, come the end of the season, there would be some poignancy to curing their woes in central defence in a similar way.

If the 2 - 1 win over Manchester United to complete a rare unbeaten home record in Tottenham's final season at the iconic old ground wasn't an historic milestone in itself, once the pitch had been cleared by stewards and uniformed police after several pleading announcements, the afternoon was given unforgettable poignancy with the parade of 48 former Tottenham legends plus a cinematic trip down memory «Lane» narrated on giant screens by renowned Spurs fan, actor Kenneth Branagh, chronicling the illustrious history of the club and rendering many fans misty - eyed.

That simple step of putting a baby to bed for the first time in his own room is full of poignancy.

The poignancy of the story of 85 Days is that if the assassination in Los Angeles had never happened we would never have had Richard Nixon as president, or Watergate, and this book encapsulates what America could have had, and what, sadly, it did not get.

Yet those behaviors don't remotely approach the complexity and nuance of human behaviors, and in my opinion there's not the tiniest bit of scientific evidence that chimps have aesthetics, spirituality, or a capacity for irony or poignancy.

But when I read over the raw material I found myself reluctant to pull the stories apart and reassemble them by theme; there is a poignancy to these stories that would be lost in the reorganizing.

One would examine the effect that emotion and poignancy — as in, say, a video about a waiting transplant candidate or an impoverished person hoping to raise cash by selling a kidney — might have on those who find the sales objectionable.

I think I prefer my verse to be a mixture of poignancy and improv, part comedy and romance, with enough drama to keep me grounded and a greek chorus to help me keep things in perspective.

She is content with the air of mystery and loss that hangs in the air like bitter poignancy.

There's inevitable poignancy to watching these fringe - dwellers of industrial society gaze yearningly at First World wealth, whether online, via the mountains - of - trash remains, or in a jarring group visit to a glossy car show.

42 Up is filled with truth and poignancy as these people reflect on their first half of their lives, their goals, ambitions, and how they, for the most part, succeeded in reinventing them.

It's Graham's transformation from insecure daughter and wife to journalist in her own right that gives «The Post» its narrative drive and poignancy.

The family aspect was vital in making and location filming adds so much to its poignancy.