Sentences with phrase «with flights of imagination»

Screen Memory however focuses on the lateral and idiosyncratic aspects of quotation and recollection; from the flat effect of simulation and the disquieting effects of fragmentary reminiscence, to the absurd and humorous distortions and ruptures as familiar images intertwine with flights of imagination.

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But, like Samuel Florman, who fears that «flights through cyberspace, however energizing they may be for the imagination, may weaken the objective rationality needed to do good engineering», I agree with Alan Cromer that the formal linear thinking needed to do science «goes against the grain of traditional human thinking, which is associative and subjective» (Florman 1994).

Alone on the hill, with the dark sky and the stars above and the discordant world below, the narrator sinks more deeply into a contemplative state and, much like Stapledon's description of the Whiteheadian explorer, proceeds on a panoramic exploration, leaving his mountain top in a flight of imagination while staring at the stars.

My approach shows what is wrong with Locke's flight of fancy that an unstructured material body might think, or Kenny's suggestion that our ways of speaking are compatible with our heads being full of sawdust, so that indeed bodily function is internal to normal mental function (pp. 336 - 339), so that thought and understanding while integrated with the imagination nonetheless transcend it, and transcend the body.

Even though his writings were characterized by often bewildering flights of the imagination, I find no justification for regarding them as inflicted with mental disability.

A top ten finish would have been beyond Stoke's wildest imaginations at the start of the season, with second season syndrome always lurking over those side who do survive their very first season in the top flight.

With the push of a button you can watch your child's imagination take flight.

Whether it's a fort of sofa cushions, a sheet with the ends tied to dining room chairs, a blanket hung over a coffee table, or the tree house built by my amazing hubby, my children's imaginations take flight.

With a weightless Oscar floating in front of him, shuttle commander Charles Bolden described Lucas as «an explorer inhis own right», and added: «The imagination and ingenuitythat have turned dreams into the reality of space flight are no different than those which turn ideas and inspiration into motion pictures.»

I do think that our program has been stuck for a while — that the space shuttle mission did not inspire the imagination of the public — that much of the experimentation that was done could have been conducted not necessarily with manned flights.

Added NYFF Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones, «Todd Haynes and Brian Selznick have pulled off something truly remarkable here — a powerful evocation of childhood, with all of its mysteries and terrors and flights of imagination and longings; richly textured re-creations of Manhattan in the»20s and the»70s; and a magical and intricately plotted quest story that builds to a beautiful climax.»

New York Film Festival Director and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones said, «Todd Haynes and Brian Selznick have pulled off something truly remarkable here — a powerful evocation of childhood, with all of its mysteries and terrors and flights of imagination and longings; richly textured re-creations of Manhattan in the»20s and the»70s; and a magical and intricately plotted quest story that builds to a beautiful climax.

Ruby Sparks starts in earnest with a flight of fancy: A writer not only manages to create life just from the effort of his imagination and the punching of keys on his typewriter but also brings into existence the girl of his dreams.

In his brilliantly inscrutable debut, Apichatpong Weerasethakul blends documentary authenticity with wild flights of imagination.

With its large format and appealing pastel and oil paintings, Sebastian and the Balloon is a perfect choice for story time — and for all young readers ready to undertake their own flights of imagination.

From ordinary obligations such as applying for a passport or sharing a holiday meal with relatives, he takes extraordinary flights of imagination; in extreme moments, such as the terrifying days following a cataclysmic earthquake in Istanbul, he lays bare our most basic hopes and fears.

-- Wall Street Journal «A harrowing, clever, incomparable riff on life in Kim Jong Il's North Korea» — San Francisco Chronicle «Magnificently accomplished... Part thriller, part coming - of - age novel, part romance, The Orphan Master's Son is made sturdy by research... but what makes it so absorbing isn't its documentary realism but the dark flight of the author's imagination... rich with a sense of discovery... The year is young, but The Orphan Master's Son has an early lead on novel of 2012» — The Daily Beast «Providing a rare glimpse into one of the world's least known countries, Adam Johnson weaves a tale of hardship, romance, and redemption in North Korea in The Orphan Master's Son.»

With contributions by Anthony Vidler and Peter Wollen Due in large part to the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, the crash of TWA Flight 800, and the O. J. Simpson trial, the once - arcane field of forensics has taken hold of the popular imagination.

The panel was encouraged by the imagination shown by the NASA - NOAA team and was extremely supportive of their ideas for implementation flexibility — specifically including flights on diverse platforms, including formation flight with NPOESS.