Sentences with phrase «twisting forms like»

Extremities jut out of twisting forms like the dust clouds engulfing brawls in old cartoons.

Not exact matches

But we must be ward ourselves against all such forms of Scripture twisting and treating the Bible like a magical incantation book full of secret codes and magical formulas.

Divide mixture in two, spoon onto a large piece of baking paper, roll away from you to form a cylinder — like Martha does here — twist ends to seal and refrigerate until firm (1 hour).

This cookbook offers recipes for dozens of classic treats like oatmeal cookies, carrot cake and pecan pie — but often with novel twists: pineapple and coconut swirl through the carrot cake, the pecan pie takes the form of a brownie and the oatmeal cookies are fashioned into «crisps.»

In high school Jackson did things like twist his ankle while winning the state title in the triple jump (48» 8 1/4») and then come back the same day to set a state record (9.54) in the 100 - yard dash; like throw a discus 149 feet without spinning his body, because he'd never been taught the proper form; like win the state decathlon crown his junior and senior years without running the mile, the final event, because «distance is the only thing I hate about track.»

A Möbius strip with one twist does not form a knot, however with three, four and five twists it becomes a trefoil knot (like an overhand knot with the ends joined together), a Solomon's knot or a cinquefoil knot respectively.

A definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's includes dementia and two distortions in the brain: amyloid plaques, sticky accumulations of misfolded pieces of protein known as amyloid beta peptides; and neurofibrillary tangles, formed when proteins called tau clump into long filaments that twist around each other like ribbons.

They looked like a system of nearly concentric ripples, as would be formed if the rings had somehow been knocked out of alignment and then twisted into a tight, corrugated spiral by Saturn's gravity.

Their slight cat eye form makes them look sleek and edgy, yet it is so subtle that they still feel like an updated version of wayfarers with a modern twist.

Step 6: Begin twisting both sections of hair toward and around each other — at the same time — to form a rope - like braid.

I like mine wrapped tightly so I twist the yarn some on the form as I go to tighten the yarn.

Half the pleasure of giant - monster movies is allowing our suspension of disbelief to buckle like a bridge in Godzilla's path, and true to form, the film saves a few gonzo twists (including one especially outlandish bonus mutation) for the grand finale — an extended set - piece in which the three creatures converge on Chicago, which has typically gotten off easy where natural disasters are concerned.

While in its basic form multiplayer more resembles some of id's classics — like Quake or Unreal Tournament — Doom does has some twists, like the aforementioned ability to transform and play as one of the campaigns more powerful foes.

In its more mediocre forms flash fiction can feel like a joke told by the sort of coworker who trolls hallways looking for polite people: a pun here, an obvious twist there, everything neatly tied up by a punch - line ending.

The screen can be rotated all of 180 degrees and is actually convertible so that it can be twisted and folded down over the keyboard to give rise to a tablet like form factor.

The concept of the bottle is also highly practical, with the twist top taking the form of a handy bowl - like shape that allows for easy pouring both out of and in to the bottle.

Here the dead are actually being harvested and twisted into many forms (sounds like Dead Space) which must be destroyed.

The procedural generation is a major trait of Rogue - likes in general since Rogue pioneered this feature, but it's how each of the segments form that had that modern twist that further adds to the character of the visual design.

Hopefully Twisted Pixel can find a return to form in their next title, because Lococycle feels like a painful, and bewildering misstep.

The moment that Xenogears» many disparate and confusing pieces come together to form a whole is special; not just because it's a brilliant plot twist, but because it makes your 30 hour «hero's journey» feel like a single grain of sand in the flow of universal time — before empowering you to flip the whole hourglass upside down.

Players will form a party of Heroes who band together to battle the Villain, but the twist is that the Heroes will be playing a traditional action RPG, while the Villain will control his minions like an RTS.

If you like the basic form but need more of a twist on how you move and how you shoot, Titanfall's core action is extremely satisfying, which makes it a little easier to overlook the lack of available modes.

The ground floor contains important sculptural statements from the last century by Anish Kapoor — At the Edge of the World II (1998) floats above head height, receding seemingly impossibly into space and time — and Richard Deacon, who presents his own takes on materiality and multidimensionality through a twisted plywood Möbius - like form, Turning a Blind Eye (1984), and the stainless steel, wall - based Infinity series.

In some works, ribbon - like compositions appear to twist and fold, alternating between abstract forms, bursts of color, or floral motifs.

This twisted form displays the continued evolution of von Rydingsvard's choice of the vessel as a primary image and her inventive ability to render bronze into an almost lace - like form.

Some, like Self - Contained Lavascape, are almost serene, as shapes and colors swirl across the plane, while others, like Volcano Dream — Destruction Dream, are violent tangles of forms that crack, twist, explode, and spew across the paper.

Their bright and synthetic - feeling palette is similar to Grant's, while their ambiguity allows viewers to see what they want in the twisted colorful forms, projecting themselves into the work — much like what Grant asks from her paintings, only with greater success.

New York - based sculptor Ivana Basic (b. 1986) creates forms whose surfaces resemble human skin, connoting raw slabs of meat twisting into themselves into awkward, alien - like figures.

I like Anonymity and Anonymity likes me (2014) and Quantitative Uncertainty (2014) both have forms that, at first, delicately twist and snake elegantly, yet simultaneously the ascertainment of their solidity reaffirms the work as a far more violent affair; intense beauty is born from the destructive hands of a human being.

In studies on paper, the decaying forms — curly twists, hairs and protruding sticks — have a life - like quality even as they waste away.

Contortion and illusion play a part in the selection of works at Shulamit Nazarian, with leathery, sausage - like forms twisted and tied in knots in the works of May Wilson, bodiless fingers appearing around the edges of Sarah Meyohas's hall of mirrors in Sun Speculation, and puffs of form - obscuring smoke in the artist's Blue Speculation.

Some, like Yael Bartana, Nevet Yitzhak, Amir Yatziv and Jonathan Doweck, appropriate forms, symbols, objects, and sites directly from the physical landscape, often to twist them into subtle political commentary.

Noah Purifoy's work amasses found objects — chair - casters, pipes, shoe lasts — into mysterious totemic structures that tap into a vein of traditional African belief that runs deep in American culture, while Betye Saar brings a chilling political twist to the form with the likes of Sambo's Banjo, where she dangles the image of a lynched man inside a «Sambo» banjo case.

Bush - like forms made from twisted, welded, and bent wire rope build a complex site for group interaction and personal reflection.

Filmed from a single vantage point, like a painting set in motion, Richardson has digitally enhanced the nearly monochromatic setting with strange yellow tendrils of light, undulating and twisting beneath the water, hinting at an undiscovered or mutated bioluminant life - form, or perhaps the aftermath of something altogether more disturbing.

Kneebone makes extremely complex, delicate porcelain sculptures that teem with confusing, writhing tiny body parts arranged like urns or wreaths: a leg here, a penis or vagina there, and twisting forms that look as though they could be vines or spinal chords.

Like the illusionist's apparition, works by Daniel Dewar & Grégory Gicquel resemble gigantic totemic necklaces or quasi-ceremonial findings, their precious ceramic and wood forms twisting the building blocks of contemporary culture.

The material can be bent, twisted, stretched and formed into complex shapes like flowers and even a replica of the Eiffel Tower that snap back to their original shape when heated to a certain temperature.

High - strength drawn carbon structural cables, made of a series of small strands twisted together like a vine, form larger cables which are attached to spiral circular rods.

Like Richard Shilling's use of twigs and leaves to remind us of the simple beauty of nature or the guns Sonia Rentsch forms with flower buds, nuts and sticks to raise the issue of environmental degradation and violence, Yulia Brodskaya utilizes paper — perhaps the most basic art material available — and a technique called «quilling» that involves twisting and folding strips of paper in such a way that she forces the viewer to not only appreciate her finished work, but also reconsider how we look at the raw materials she's using.

(The knot - like top is formed in two separate steps in order to ensure that the fabric keeps its tight twist.)