Sentences with phrase «tales of a higher power»

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There is not a more hypocritical or repulsive group than those who are not only so distressed by people accepting what they view as nothing more than a fairy tale, but who reject a higher power for lack of proof, only to cling (defacto) to the idea that everything came into existence without any sort of guidance, intent, or intelligence behind it.

But Bertrand Mandico's Les Garcons Sauvages transcends the lot with its tale of high - school troublemakers exiled to a tropical island possessed of magical, gender - bending powers.

Based on the true story of Iowa City's West High School girls» volleyball team who battled back from tragedy in 2011, «The Miracle Season» is a formulaic but rousing tale of teamwork, girl power and community, and a tearjerker to boot.

The seminal film about teen angst and high school carnage has to be Brian De Palma's 1976 landmark adaptation of King's first full length novel, the tale of an unpopular teenager who marks the arrival of her period by suddenly embracing her psychic powers.

And a convoluted tale it is, involving the country's wealth of natural resources (coal, iron, copper and water for powering machines and transporting goods), the comparatively high literacy rate that enabled common folk to educate themselves in science and technology, a patent system that protected the rights of inventors and gave them economic incentive to both create and refine devices, and a population large and wealthy enough to form a profitable market for products the new industries turned out.

Past group shows and screenings include: Rêve du Pierre, curated by Alexandra Fau, Centre Pompidou, Paris (screening)(2016); Night Walk, with Erin Shirreff, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2015); A Night of Philosophy, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, NY (Screening)(2015); The Daily Show, Bureau, New York NY (2015); The Built Environment: Lower Side in Istanbul, Mixer, Istanbul, Turkey (2014); It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT, USA (2014); A Tale of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, NY, NY (2014); Two Hours Two Minutes, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2014); Kool - Aid Wino, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT, USA (2013); Matter Out of Place, Kitchen, NY, NY (2012); Somebody has stolen our tent, Simon Preston Gallery, NY, NY (2012); The Way Things Go (Part 3), Frutta, Rome, Italy (2012); Single Channel, Soho House, Miami, FL, USA (2011); Forcemeat, Wallspace, NY, NY (2011), and Suddenly: Where We Live Now, Cooley Gallery — Reed College, Portland, OR and Pomona College Museum of Art (2008, 2009).

Biennale de Belleville, curated by Marie Maertens, Paris The Built Environment, curated by Kathleen Madden, Mixer, Istanbul It Narrative: The Movement of Objects as Information, curated by Zanna Gilbert and Brian Droitcour, Franklin St. Works, Stamford, CT A Tale Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, of Objects as Information, curated by Zanna Gilbert and Brian Droitcour, Franklin St. Works, Stamford, CT A Tale Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, Of Two Islands: Beatrice Gibson with Alex Waterman, and Frank Heath, High Line Art, Channel 14, New York, NY Catch Me If You Can: Virus and Catastrophe, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond, VA Two Hours Two Minutes, curated by Tirdad Zolghadr, Images Festival, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada Invasive Species, Film Sector, Art Basel, Miami, FL