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...culture and tradition, Weil may easily mislead the viewer into seeing these paintings solely as celebratory art. Entering the exhibit, the viewer is immediately confronted by the cheerful oranges, reds, cinnamons and golds that dominate almost all of his paintings. The bright colors of the paintings create a startling contrast against the gallery’s white walls...
...characterized by a drastic departure from the dusky colors seen in the paintings of Osiris’ death. Here we see a pastel color palate, best displayed in “Isis: The Paths Met.” This painting mixes a variety of vivid green shades that contrast with heavy blacks and browns to create a shadowy sylvan grove...
...themes. The film maintains the same suspense of the high stakes games of chess and fills the screen with complex interrelationships between characters. All of its thematic gestures seem to feed off of each other, each adding another layer of depth. The film, for example, raises a subtle contrast between Luzhin’s brilliant capacity for strategy and his crippling psychological illnesses. This contrast plays out along the constant parallel between Luzhin’s life and chess games and richens the film’s ending...
Bush's handling of the spy-plane incident gets a grudging pass from most Blues, who would prefer more assertive actions but applaud the contrast to the previous Administration. "By this point Bill Clinton would have apologized three times to the world," says the Blue Team's Richard Fisher, a China expert at the Jamestown Foundation. While the Blues are encouraged by the new rightward tilt in Washington, they know the pro-engagement policymakers still hold sway. Timperlake vows that "history will put us in the mainstream." China makes the same prediction...
...biblical sexuality." The final phrase was changed to "practice safe sex." Between these two is a great gulf. "Safe sex," in Africa at least, is generally sex with a condom but without moral constraints. In fact, as your AIDS report pointed out, condoms rarely get used. "Biblical sexuality," by contrast, speaks of the Judeo-Christian view of sex as belonging in a monogamous, heterosexual relationship and involving abstinence before marriage and faithfulness within it. The safe-sex message, if anything, perpetuates the multipartner lifestyle associated with the increase in HIV infection. Biblical sexuality is what is required to stop this...