Word: abstraction
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...primary drawback of the show, however, derives from the abstract stylization of the production—a stylization that does not always agree with the somber tone of the play. To be fair, some of the abstraction works well: the aforementioned background wall is effective and reminds one of a similar style of setting discussed in the stage directions for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The tilting planes of the two-tiered stage also jar the audience in a fashion aptly representative of the distorted dreams of the Prozorovs...
...form of medicine seeks to classify, parametrize and regularize the body—with the aim of predicting and controlling function. Schneider works with a greater degree of freedom, in much the same way that chaos theory has opened up complex new vistas in hard science. Schneider shows how abstract art can be natural, since it can be generated simply by looking at parts of the body in a completely new way. Ironically, since science uses “handedness” to define the very concept of symmetry, Schneider only photographs right hands. This immediately strips away the context...
...aware of local issues, still thinking of our hometowns as our homes. It seems wrong that having made the commitment to live in this city for four years, we feel comfortable remaining completely dissociated from the issues which deeply affect city residents. We spend our days educating ourselves about abstract questions, but allow ourselves the luxury of ignoring the day-to-day concerns of the community that we inhabit...
...kill us, calm assurances that the Koran contains no doctrinal support for their position start sounding just a bit academic. But instead of confronting the brutal fact of religiously inspired anti-American hatred, Islam’s Western defenders limit their message to endlessly repeating that Islam, as an abstract body of thought, is blameless...
...things they’re learning are of a sufficiently abstract nature that it works over this medium,” he said...