Word: actualizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, since the prize was awarded, the book's actual authorship and the truth of its accounts have been called into question...
...Frontpiece from the Divan of Hafiz is a wonderful representative of the charm this exhibit exudes. A watercolor with gold (yes, actual gold on the paper), the Frontpiececonsists of two elegant rectangles filled with gold twists, whirls and royal blue coloring that chase each other around in delicately ordered chaos, so finely patterned that the magnifying glasses provided will certainly be put to good use. The Frontpieceand other works like it are too free and graceful to the called geometric. Some secret structure hides in these patterns, like the order that supports musical harmony or poetry, and it never interferes...
...this exquisite beauty is not what makes the exhibit so evocative and thought-provoking. Divinely Inspiredis more about the seekers, and not so much about what they seek. The collection shows a very human side to this quest for enlightenment and tells the story of the actual morals who contemplate and search for divine truth. A simple, modest sketch of a man bowing in prayer provides a solemn contrast to elaborate paintings of wise teachers in rich robes. Sometimes there is no need for ornamentation. One particularly striking work is a black and white photograph of three ascetics...
...possessions, and Mr. Christian left behind a humdinger in his safe--an eight millimeter film that shows a teenage girl being brutally murdered. Mrs. Christian wants Wells to determine whether the film is an elaborate fake or a piece of "snuff"--the urban legend term for films that show actual murders. Wells agrees to take the case, and his investigation pulls him into the twisted underworld of hard-core pornography and bondage films. He soon discovers the hard way that it's a world that's easy to enter but not so easy to escape. As he's told...
...actual work for the University is so overwhelming that it's very hard to do anything during term time but teach and perform your University service," says Porter University Professor Helen H. Vendler. "It is rare to have a weekend to begin an article or anything like that during term time...