Sentences with phrase «while reflecting upon»

For a few hours I move around spot to spot, taking in different views while reflecting upon my journey and my life.

It was while reflecting upon that point I realised that her faith and my Paganism (a non-faith) were one and the same thing...

Not exact matches

It should be said that while Holloway did not, as far as I can discover, reflect upon the relationship between the ordained priesthood and the priesthood of the faithful, he had a high view of the lay apostolate of the baptised.

Ps 23:3); blasphemy or any speech or conduct reflecting discredit upon him was said to profane his name (e.g., Lev 22:32); while reverence for him as holy.

The primitive Church, while it enjoyed the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, and appealed to the manifest work of the Spirit (somewhat naïvely conceived) as evidence of the dawn of the new Age, did not reflect upon it.

Now reflect upon the truth you acquired while in the stream.

We may pause to ponder, that while these royal morons disported themselves in beastly passion in Antioch and Alexandria, a petty hill town of their domains, age - old Jerusalem, followed its Temple services that went their quiet way, day after day, year in and year out; and there, groups of thoughtful men reflected upon the nature of human life, reasoning that «The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,» that «The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul,» or fervently ejaculated, «Oh, how I love thy law!

While reflecting on why the people dynamic which one encounters in small groups has such power, I came upon a moving passage from Loren Eiseley.

The question modern readers have to answer is whether the Greco - Roman household codes reflected upon in Ephesians, Colossians, and 1 Peter are in and of themselves holy and divinely instituted, or if their appearance in Scripture represents the early church's attempt to blend Christianity and culture in such a way that it would preserve the dignity of adherents while honoring prevailing social and legal norms of the day.

We recognize, of course, the relatively late emergence in the Old Testament of a positively and precisely articulated belief in Yahweh's universal creation, and that it is not, indeed, until the time of Second Isaiah that such a belief is taken for granted.24 On the other hand, the J story of creation in Gen. 2 reflects an early if imprecise creation faith25 while the eighth - century prophets clearly stand upon a thoroughly practical though untheoretical belief in Yahweh's creative function.

While I got beyond my pre-teen enjoyment of those songs, hearing them in subsequent holiday seasons reminded me of my earlier discontent with the homiletical condemnations of Rudolph and Frosty, and I kept reflecting upon why I had wanted to come to the defense of these tales.

Amid the Wild West leanings of the sport, job security is increasingly a myth, while the cynical exploitation of newer entrants willing to earn free entry to a game without payment is sadly reflected upon.

I use YogiTea — it's organic, it tastes delicious and the tea bags come with wisdom quotes that I love to reflect upon while drinking the tea.)

The formula is soothing upon application and is intended to reflect light to make your skin look its most flattering in lighting conditions while helping to stimulate your skin's regenerative capacity and bring life back into your appearance.

While art isn't about ticking boxes and selling a preconceived political philosophy, the act of surrendering your attention to a two - hour movie (or an 18 - hour TV series masquerading as a movie) revolves around experiencing someone else's POV and reflecting upon it afterwards.

While the weight of the nation rests upon the man, we see his struggles directly as they reflect upon his own local surroundings and physical well - being.

While The Lost Legacy has an obvious narrative focus, you can diverge from this regularly, searching for picturesque vistas to reflect upon, treasures to gather or groups of enemies to eliminate, either stealthily or with guns blazing.

While Crichton's classic was meant to be a fast - paced entertainer, HBO's Westworld pauses to reflect upon deeper philosophical conundrums, with disaster simmering underneath.

Maybe some reviews are right about the fact that while Tropic Thunder claims to be a mocking look at the movie industry, it never touches upon the nitty - gritty of their gags (the actors, agents and producer are always comic book figures, rather than clever dissections of real - life counterparts), yet in never being anything less than entertaining, you never realise these problems until reflecting on the movie at a later date.

You are rendered more vulnerable to the work while at the same time having less time to reflect upon it.

The 30 - page manuscript assessed the plight of African - Americans in the United States while specifically reflecting upon the assassinations of three civil rights icons: Malcolm X, Medgar Evers and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

While New York City's schools are far from perfect and much can be done to build upon the Bloomberg - era reforms, Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Fariña should reflect on how far the schools have come before embarking on wholesale changes.

Proponents of coaching - based supervision contend that, when separated from evaluation practices, coaching provides a «safe place» for teachers to learn and practice new skills and reflect on outcomes — while still drawing upon observation, feedback, and other common supervisory practices (Joyce & Showers, 1982, p. 6).

But before you pop that champagne and begin that celebration back home with family and friends, take a moment while you sit here on this beautiful day to reflect upon your accomplishments.

In reviewing LTLT competencies reflected in national curricula, it is also important to note that while some countries have specific subjects dedicated to LTLT competencies such as peace and education, civics, human rights or moral education, others may rely upon «carrier» subjects such as social science and history for the less explicit transferal of LTLT illustrative competencies.

The ACARA report says the «knowledge, skills and understanding associated with active and informed citizenship are essential for all Australians in the [21st Century]...» It adds, «while it is reassuring to see that Year 6 results have remained stable, the Year 10 finding should be viewed as a chance for jurisdictions and schools to reflect upon the civics and citizenship learning opportunities provided in their schools and to take measures to address the decline.»

This will mark an unrivalled opportunity for fans and owners alike to reflect upon the heritage that built the trident brand while getting a glimpse of its vibrant present and future with the North American Premiere of the new Alfieri concept coupe.

While literature, in general, helps show readers the world from different times, settings, and points of view, sometimes a decentralized setting allows readers to reflect upon an issue in a different way.

Teachers can build upon the strengths and interests of students by creating stories and scenarios that reflect their cultural experiences while they share their learning about money.

Drawing upon Chiang Mai's iconic Wat Umong as inspiration: a forest temple known for its unique tunnels and meditation spaces, while also referencing Chiang Mai's ancient walled city; guests have a choice of chic and well - appointed rooms and suites each boasting subtle Thai décor touches and red brick walls to reflect the Lanna architectural influence.

Tapping the touch pad displays the map and inventory, while the light bar produces a lighter shade of blue during dark environments in which Lara must rely upon her glow stick and bright white when reading scrolls and manuscripts, alongside vibration which reflects the physical exertions on Lara's body during heavy landings after a high risk jump, when the ground gives way resulting in a serious impact or getting into fights with enemies.

Sound effects consist of punching, kicking, grappling and a variety of fighting moves as they are aimed, blocked or landed, crunching impacts from super moves and painful screams and groans, especially when a super move has inflicted such damage upon a character, while destructible environments are reflected when a fighter throws an object towards an enemy or a fighter is driven into a nearby object, alongside climactic cinematic music which perfectly compliments the voice - overs and sound effects.

Her current projects (in collaboration with Angel Nevarez, artist and MFA faculty member, School of Visual Arts, New York) investigate contemporary music, dissent, and public fora, while moving between the spatial simultaneity of performance and enunciation, and reflecting upon the projection of political agency through transmission and song.

While Morley's paintings invite the viewer to reflect upon the conflicts that have shaped humanity since time immemorial, they also echo the artist's personal experiences as a child during the Second World War, his cultural affinity with both England and America, and his lifelong fascination with models, from the plastic Air - fix kits of his youth to the paper cut - out varieties.

A pair of man's slacks, Burr's own, are tossed upon a smoked black mirror that reflects back van Der Rohe's ascetic design while also intimating the afterwards of a sexual act.

Each essay in the first part of the book maps a possible terrain for approaching the work of a single artist — among them, James Coleman, Jimmie Durham, Susan Hiller, Gabriel Orozco and Adrian Piper — while the texts in the second part reflect upon artistic practice in relation to questions of subjectivity, postcoloniality and multiculturalism.

While President Kennedy remains one of the most notorious photographic images to appear in Rauschenberg's silk - screened paintings, it is just one of the many dramatic photographs he purposely juxtaposed against menial imagery in an attempt to reflect media's growing presence and lasting impact upon society.

Conceptually driven, the work reflects upon pop culture, radical politics, art history and the dark alleys of society while also incorporating personal experiences.

While their bodies dissected the dynamics of choreographic movement that shifted between soulful and robotic, their words reflected upon what it means to be a performer within the art market and within capitalism more broadly.

, you are lying on the floor of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles of air bring traces of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts of kindness that are not pitiful nor utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,

Sakhaeifar's work ranges from photography to installation and sculpture attempting to look past forms of ethnic, political, and cultural control in order to reflect upon new forms of expression that highlight the human struggle while establishing autonomous forms of self - expression.

These 3 remarkable photographic series reflect upon the social fabric of contemporary America, while trying to find something closer to the experience of being and seeing in the world today.

Additionally, the white box, while housing the video projectors directed at the ceiling, does not really create mystery, and it did not cause me to reflect upon my physical relationship with space.

Reflecting upon those years, Charlip has written, «Little did I know what you «say» happens after you work for a while.

Chantal Akerman and Julie Mehretu reflect upon shifting geographical borders and changing political systems, while Postcommodity and Wolfgang Tillmans reference recent debates on the Mexico - US border and Brexit, respectively.

Through referencing her own experience growing up in an organized spiritual community, Koelblinger reflects upon the desire to aspire to a collective nirvana while simultaneously exhibiting skepticism in the ability to achieve it.

Sydney non-profit gallery Artspace responded to its lyrical mood with an analytical and dystopian exhibition in two parts, «Everything Falls Apart», which reflected upon political transitions, while Artspace in Auckland celebrated their 25th anniversary with the show «Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining».

Day's work explores themes of feminism and sexuality, while employing various suspension techniques reflecting upon popular culture.

«For come, tell me, can there be anything more delightful than to see, as it were, here now displayed before us a vast lake of bubbling pitch with a host of snakes and serpents and lizards, and ferocious and terrible creatures of all sorts swimming about in it, while from the middle of the lake there comes a plaintive voice saying: «Knight, whosoever thou art who beholdest this dread lake, if thou wouldst win the prize that lies hidden beneath these dusky waves, prove the valour of thy stout heart and cast thyself into the midst of its dark burning waters, else thou shalt not be worthy to see the mighty wonders contained in the seven castles of the seven Fays that lie beneath this black expanse;» and then the knight, almost ere the awful voice has ceased, without stopping to consider, without pausing to reflect upon the danger to which he is exposing himself, without even relieving himself of the weight of his massive armour, commending himself to God and to his lady, plunges into the midst of the boiling lake, and when he little looks for it, or knows what his fate is to be, he finds himself among flowery meadows, with which the Elysian fields are not to be compared.»

Rather than loudly imposing itself upon its environment, this container of art seems to allow its environment to inform it, reflecting and giving primacy to what is there already, while its understated interior seems to shelter something unexpected, waiting to be discovered.