Sentences with phrase «poignant memories of»

Our daughters are all flying the nest and her poignant memories of the past and attempts at letting go mirror many of my own.

The selection and extraction of these personal items evokes a deep nostalgia and unearths poignant memories of a time lost but never forgotten.

Their galleries caught peak years of American art and Gorky's poignant memories of home.

She contrasts this cotton wool with three specific and poignant memories of childhood.»

In his new book, You Got ta Get Bigger Dreams, he shares real life stories of late - night parties; backstage anecdotes; cross-country road - trips with his dog, Honey; and poignant memories of his life, loves, family, fellow actors, and friends.

Not exact matches

It may not be determinate that my memory of my leaving home will be poignant and nostalgic, but the memory has not yet become since at the moment I still but vaguely anticipate my leaving home.

But they remind us of the fact that the death of Christ was not only the vivid and poignant focus of the church's memory of Jesus (as death is always likely to be in our memory of another), but also that it became almost at once the symbol of what was realized to be the crucial meaning of the event.

The books deal with memory and loss and are some of the most poignant I have read.

Anniversaries inevitably beget memories, and, for me, the most poignant of those memories is the inestimable work Dr. J.B. Danquah did to mobilise the Ghanaian people to insist on the building of this University.

Robin's daughter Zelda paid a poignant tribute to her father: Zelda Williams, 25, shared a quote from Antoine De Saint - Exupery's book «The Little Prince» in memory of her dad.

Sarah Polley's poignant documentary: «Stories We Tell»; explores layers of myths and memories, through a series of intimate interviews, to uncover absolute truths in her very own family of storytellers.

Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story.

Its strongest evocation of poignant, imperfect memory has to do with its leading man, and the glimpse it provides of a fuller career that never was.

Snape's memories scene is def the strongest and most poignant of the film.

A clever and poignant exploration of family and the fleeting nature of memory, Polley's film keeps changing and surprising.

(Washington, DC)-- The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) today selected a movie honoring the memories of the brave heroes of September 11, the poignant United 93, as Best Film of the Year in a victory that could spur the movie's burgeoning Oscar hopes.

This theme that the dead live on through the memories of the living gives «Coco» its poignant power, and that power makes this movie uniquely memorable.

Professional jackass Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt, widely regarded as one of the best and most transgressive stand - up comedians of the last decade, have signed on to co-star in The Catechism Cataclysm director Todd Rohal's latest film, an outlandish yet poignant comedy about a pair of battling brothers who attempt to honor the memory of their ailing father by taking a troop of boys on a camping trip that goes wildly wrong.

In a poignant speech DuVernay recalled speaking to people and their memories of Shearmur.

If you find the film speaking to memories of where you grew up it may even be poignant.

This poignant, multilayered novel, narrated by 13 - year - old Sophie and her older cousin, Cody, as they journey aboard a sailboat heading to England, invites children to watch as characters peel back the layers of family relationships and memory to bring painful but important truths to light.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter is a powerful combination of a tragic and poignant family story as well as riveting page - turner, due primarily to the fact that it centers on such a shocking act by one individual that affects everyone he cares about.

Easily one of the most original protagonists of recent (or distant) memory, Mock is by turns amusing and poignant, insightful and cringe - worthy.

Sombre memories of its troubled past are marked with poignant reminders, such as the Shoes on the Danube memorial.

The world of Hyper Light Drifter is glistening with childhood memories, yet the punishing encounters of our gaming youth are realized here with thoughtful, poignant clarity.

In her memory series, she often revisits poignant personal family moments of a bygone 1950s era.

The work in Lee's two - part exhibition reveals poignant parallel histories of charged moments in our collective memory where the visual dissolve of latent figures make them all the more potent in their absence.

Using his fragmented memories of the actual establishment as the setting for these works, the artist meticulously renders parts of hotel's interior, adding the organic forms and other pictorial elements to enhance the works» depth and poignant appeal.

Exploring both personal and collective memories of black girlhood, the labyrinth reflects Stingily's poignant, referential found objects and architectural forms, which she compares with political and cultural threat.

In their treatment of memory and history, both Robert Gober and Mark Manders create poignant and psychological spaces in which fragments of personal histories are re-visited.

Mum on the Couch (2017), a more direct portrait, depicts the artist's aging mother in her current condition, a poignant contrast to the vibrant woman of her son's memories.

For three decades, Ann Hamilton has been recognized as a poignant observer of social history with a unique capacity to materialized abstract concepts such as language, memory, and time.

«The joy and tension of her life as a Nigerian woman in America is quietly inescapable in her paintings, which both seduce and confront us, evoking loving relationships, poignant memories, and the consequences of political oppression.»

The Memory Ware Flats are a poignant and concise example of Kelley's ability to blend high with low, irreverent with academic, to achieve an artistic synthesis that is both visually engaging and deeply thought provoking.

Barbara Hepworth's former studio assistant David Lewis shares his very personal memories one of the sculptor's most poignant pieces

Covered with small prints holding memories of his life, private and commercial, they include a portrait of Teller's close friend, the late Richard Hamilton — a poignant presence alongside many scenes with his family.

Now, Freedom Corner is a symbol of peace, democracy and environmental consciousness — a place where we no longer go to struggle but to rejoice The event was marked with many poignant speeches from sharing memories of Wangari to sharing values that raise environmental consciousness.

For Fordham Law School dean William Treanor, the news of Justice John Paul Stevens» retirement brought to mind a poignant memory about Stevens and his relationship with his appointing president Gerald Ford.