Sentences with phrase «traditional use of these symbols»

It must be acknowledged that the two central symbols, Lord and Father, are stumbling blocks for many people because theologians and preachers have been unwilling to listen to the often shocking insights into psychological consequences of the traditional use of these symbols.17

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There are a lot of folks across the country who have come to see Cuomo as a symbol of the Democrats» hostility to the use of our nation's oil and gas resources and who resent his positions on guns and traditional values,» said a prominent Republican activist.

Today, the mesmerizing flowers have become a potent symbol for a challenge facing Brazilian anthropologists: How can their knowledge of the lives of traditional people — including the migrant flower collectors — be used to help preserve the natural resources these people depend upon?

These essential household accoutrements are showcased within the grounds of Villa Belong Dua along with a traditional thatched Balinese rice barn from the village; now more often used as a playhouse, but once a symbol of social status indicating the ownership of precious rice - fields.

Honoring traditional Asian arts through her use of Hanji paper, Korean silk, and calligraphic brushstrokes, she plays with iconography and symbols that have been classified as «foreign» such as blue and white china patterns, fortune cookies (which originated in California but are identified as Chinese), Korean fans, and floating dragons and intermingles them with references to Pop and southern folk art.

The sculptural, three dimensional compositional approach, and use of traditional and found materials as expressed contemporaneously by Awofeso, Kohler and Ziman, serve as connective symbols to the land's past, and expressive of how it has shifted through modernity, as authored by the artists.

Freedom Cloth, adorned with eagle - like objects, provides a strong example of Dial's exploration of the traditional symbols used to express American ideals.

For example, he has created a set of bowls using the method of Mexico's indigenous Mimbres people, painting the earthenware using a traditional single reed brush but depicting contemporary military imagery such as B - 1 bombers, tanks, and radiation symbols.

Converting Nike Air Jordan trainers into anthropological masks, using the traditional colors of black, white, red, integrated with human hair, Jungen made poignant references to contemporary assimilations and the commercial devaluing of revered customs and symbols.