Word: joy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inflections of one who has known the blues, Bechet played favorite tunes, e.g., Sunny Side of the Street, My Man, Big Chief. The crowd roared approval and the critics agreed. "His accents . . . touched me deeply by their simple humanity, as if they came from the entrails," wrote one. "Brutal joy," added another...
...more powerful sculptor would probably not have excited such diverse reactions. Nor would one less powerful, since lesser men strive for the obvious, which Marcks scorns. His art. like that of the ancient Greeks, chiefly celebrates the wonder and joy of being alive, of being able to stand...
...Marcks must share in the wearily analytical, self-deprecating consciousness of his time. His figures can be convincing in gesture, subtle in modeling, mildly dramatic, funny and reposeful, all together. But they run counter to the breast-beating spirit of the age without breaking free of it. They exhibit joy constrained, and have the stuff, not the spark, of greatness...
This way of life continued until "something deep down inside him suddenly changed ... A cool moonlight night, a verdant prospect, pretty women, sweet music began to move him profoundly. Whenever he was moved by beauty, he wanted to be alone with his joy." The picture of a Burmese society girl, ripped from a newspaper, was U Nu's talisman, inspiring him "to do good deeds, champion the weak, subdue the oppressors...
...Empress Poppaea used to take her daily bath in the milk of 300 asses. They have planted 300 trees on the grounds, laid out broad English lawns, strewn the area with ancient paving stones and 3rd century sarcophagi. As she surveys these domestic comforts (which she can en joy. only on weekends), Gina sighs, not quite convincingly: "I hope that the producers next year will give me time to do a baby...