Word: dust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...necessary for archaeology to do a good job of reconstructing culture," Sandburg says. And for Sandburg archaeology is far more than big holes and little artifacts. "Dead archaeology is the driest dust that blows," Sandburg says, quoting Mortimer Weiler, one of his favorite writers. "The best archaelogists make things stand up, make them come to life," he explains. "You have to use as many sources as you can and you try to come up with a three-dimensional version of what really went on. It's like making a pop-up picture...
Singh is adamant in his belief that one cannot plan anything in life. He expounds his philosophy, "If you look at the stars, you see a human being is not even a speck of dust in this universe. There are so many forces operating around and upon...
...dirt floor however, often caused great dust problems, needed frequent watering and raking, and greatly hindered the lighting...
...eatery is also in a cage, its chairs bound in plastic wrap, its table umbrellas strewn with fake $100 bills, and its dust-covered tables laden with plastic grapes as well as real Perrier bottles...
...sets them forth at full stretch. It is a scene both banal and grand: an intersection on the highway from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, the yellow highway line plunging out to meet the horizon under a great arch of pale blue sky, dry low brush and gray clay dust on either side, the foreground a clutter of desultory trash, beer cans, markers, a vivid yellow road sign. It is neither ugly nor beautiful, but Hockney has given it real intensity as an image. Partly this is due to the "texture" of the photographs, which, at this scale, work like...