Word: lightness
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...divided only by crisscrossed railings. An airy and luxurious sensibility pervades the building. The facilities for preprayer ablution have blond-wood and Plexiglas lockers. In the main hall hangs a bronze chandelier, dangling with hand-blown glass raindrops - a visual allusion to the Koranic verse that says Allah's light should fall on believers like drops of rain. The mihrab, which indicates the direction of prayer, is tulip-shaped and turquoise - "an opening to God," says Fadillioglu...
...don’t you just come sit with me and Daddy. We’re up real close so you shouldn’t have a problem hearing.”His smile deflated. He eyed me like I’d told him you could light your lamp with apple tea. “That’s real nice, Miss Winnie, but I don’t think so.”“Well.” I tried to stop my carriage as it flew down the hill. “Well, you know...
...preface to the report. She stressed that this goal would be realized in spite of “challenging economic times.” The administration’s commitment to the renovation project—slated to break ground in 2012—is significant in light of the cost of House renewal, which is projected to consume nearly four percent of the University’s shrunken endowment, or $1 billion. At the top of the list for proposed improvements to House life is improving the quality of faculty-student interactions within the House system...
Like fireflies, the work of Niisato Akio resembles delicate orbs of light. And this spring will bring both to Boston with Niisato’s first U.S. exhibition. The slender, white porcelain creations are etched with intricate patterns, shaped as both everyday vessels and more obtuse and nontraditional forms. Last Monday, Niisato demonstrated his unique technique of creating the patterns on his ceramics with a drill and gave a presentation on his past works and artistic history at the Ceramics Studio, run by the Office for the Arts. Niisato’s work is currently on exhibition in Boston...
...light of the administration’s confirmation that painting is still on the agenda, the concern becomes not whether painting instructors will be available, but what the driving philosophy behind the next generation of painting classes will...