Word: perfective
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...central Tokyo, one's eye nevertheless strays from Matsui to her 2004 painting Keeping Up the Pureness, in which a ghostly pale woman, black hair pooling beneath her head, lies in a misty field of lilies, poppies and moss. Painstakingly drawn on gold silk, Pureness could be a perfect example of nihonga, traditional Japanese ink painting-save for the coroner's cut that unseams Matsui's subject from chest to chaps, leaving heart, lungs and organs exposed to the viewer. This use of classical Japanese artisanship to depict horror-show material is quintessentially Matsui. "I'm not interested in drawing...
...dismiss Tenmyouya's paintings as the latest mash-up of Asian culture and the language of fantasy cartoons. But like Matsui, Tenmyouya possesses uncommon talent with his brush, and an ability to satirize at will. In 2002-03's Neo Thousand-Armed Kannon series, he made a stroke-perfect representation of the Buddha of Compassion-but with those thousand arms carrying machine guns, pistols and daggers. Tenmyouya painted it in the wake of 9/11, when the connection between religion and violence was fresh in his mind...
...used to think of Bill Gates as the perfect nerd, but I've changed my mind after reading your informative article [June 18]. It was the quote about his admiration for Steve Jobs' taste that finally broke the ice. Gates appears to be more sympathetic and quite different from my earlier impression. I won't dare criticize him for being wealthy, as I hope he succeeds in curing a lot of inequities with his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates 3.0 is entirely commendable and should be a model for many other celebrities. Sebastian Kiesel, Augsburg, Germany...
Bonds "has the most perfect swing I have ever seen," says James. "Steroids didn't do that. He disciplines himself not to swing at anything outside the strike zone in a way that any player could but very few do. Steroids didn't do that." You have to credit Bonds for performing while opposing fans are throwing syringes at him and booing him. "I don't know 10 people who can take all the flimflam he has taken and still do that job," says Texas Rangers scout Mel Didier...
...Gates 3.0 I used to think of Bill Gates as the perfect nerd, but I've changed my mind after reading your informative article [June 18]. It was the quote about his admiration for Steve Jobs' taste that finally broke the ice. Gates appears to be more sympathetic and quite different from my earlier impression. I won't dare criticize him for being wealthy, as I hope he succeeds in curing a lot of inequities with his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates 3.0 is entirely commendable and should be a model for many other celebrities. Sebastian Kiesel, AUGSBURG, GERMANY...