When we busily set about breeding lots more dogs
with flattened faces, we sadly didn't stop to ask ourselves whether or not this was truly in the dog's best interests.
Brachycephalic breeds,
those with flattened faces and prominent eyes, tend to be predisposed to eye injuries and often it is these breeds that end up with one eye enucleated.
Dogs
with a flattened face (also known as a brachycephalic face) are more prone to breathing problems due to their shortened snout.
Not exact matches
Stranger still is our fascination
with so - called celebrity pastors whose personhood we
flatten out and consume like the
faces in the tabloid aisle.
I rolled them into 14 balls and
flattened them
with damp hands then we added
faces with mini chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, craisins and coconut flakes.
Normally the cherry of the coffee tree contains two seeds or beans that develop
with flat
facing sides, but sometimes only one of the two seeds is fertilized, and the single seed develops
with nothing to
flatten it.
Okay, here comes the fun part:
With 1 long side
facing you, fold both long sides in toward the center line so the edges meet in the middle (do not overlap); press down gently to
flatten.
Parents of older babies will gain a better understanding of Plagiocephaly, identifying and monitoring Plagiocephaly and
facing the decision of whether or not to treat head
flattening with a helmet / cranial band / orthotic
with greater confidence.
With this mechanical motivation turning the front wheels, the 0 - 60 sprint is handled in a
face -
flattening «who cares.»
The
face is small
with a medium length muzzle and
flattened ears that are small and heavily feathered.
Breeds
with flat
faces (brachiocephalic) such as Boxers, Bulldogs, and Pugs, can have epiphora due to their
flattened facial anatomy.
That is often combined
with a floppy soft palate left too long for their
flattened faces.
Dogs
with extremely
flattened faces may also have undersized airways.
In Banner Saga, the Godstones are enormous rocks engraved
with ancient carvings on their
flattened faces.
In the drawing Untitled, 1967, something snap - pea - like
with strings of lightbulbs evokes lips and cheekbones on what loosely resembles a
flattened - out
face.
Both sets of
faces are approached head on,
flattened out,
with the people portraits appearing stylised, simplified and, at times, distorted.
This month Pipilotti Rist
flattens and squishes her
face each night across the screens in conjunction
with her solo show at the New Museum.
He is arguably best known for his figurative art deco paintings
with people forming homogeneous crowds in identifiable scenes, possessing featureless
faces as if their identities had been swapped
with those of
flattened manikins.
Rist's «Open my Glade (
Flatten)» is a quirky and fun film originally created for the Public Art Fund in 2000,
with the artist
flattening her
face against glass as if to break through the screens and into Times Square.
You will disagree, of course, but I still believe that it would be better tactics in the
face of the meaningless but easily exploited decade of temperature
flattening, to engage
with the skeptics rather than to seek to dismiss out of hand
with name - calling and the like.
Like almost all other smartwatches
with round
faces (such as the Moto 360), a small portion of the bottom of the display is
flattened