Word: mutedness
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There's calm, and then there's muted. The first describes an inner peace being reflected outward. But something or someone that can be described as "muted" gives the outward appearance of calm only by stifling a churning agitation inside. While not so desirable in a personality, "muted" artworks have...
Carol Swain has one of the most unique and compelling styles in comix. "Foodboy" will give you the chills. Even the cover features a depopulated, snowy landscape with a trail of footprints leading off into the distance. Cool and natural, it perfectly represents the book: a muted pastoral that holds...
Anyhow, with the 2003 film year officially over, we look ahead to a new annum of quality cinema. So far, I’ve been pleasantly surprised, with anticipated stinkers like Miracle and The Dreamers turning out fully palatable. Golden Globe winner Osama, was a bit muted in tone, but...
Personally, I was aggravated with the muted tones of the dresses this year. While the shades of cream, champagne and gold were pleasant enough, they failed to live up to the Oscar glitz that so often makes me wet my pants. The blandness of the colors meant an added emphasis...
But then came January and the ill winds. Bush's fired Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill greeted the President in the New Year with revelations in a tell-all book that made Bush out to be at best incurious and at worst deceitful, bent on war with Iraq from the...