Word: poetic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...main object and justification of [Central Park] is simply to produce a certain influence in the minds of people . . . The character of this influence is a poetic one and it is to be produced by means of scenes, through observation of which the mind may be more or less lifted out of moods and habits into which it is, under the ordinary conditions of city life, likely to fall." Frederick Law Olmsted's words on his noble design for Manhattan may ring with some irony in a New Yorker's ears today as he promenades his German shepherd...
...means "The Classic of the Power of the Way." According to the jacket of this edition, an overfancy one gussied up with photographs (fog, snow, twigs, grass) and Chinese calligraphy, the Tao Te Ching has been translated more frequently than any book except the Bible. One reason is its poetic strength and simplicity, its way of knitting aphorisms into a form that sounds profound in any language. Just now though, the appeal is mainly philosophic, for the Tao Te Ching is a transcendent argument in favor of passivity. Its morality is the morality of "non-activity" (wu-wei)-"If nothing...
...attracted a tremendous range of films," Kemper commented, citing films varying from abstract and poetic pieces to documentaries...
...letter, since they doubt that Mao at the time was really that suspicious of Lin's ultimate intentions. Most accept the authenticity of the document, which offers rich insights into Mao's view of himself and his role in Chinese history, and is laced with tersely poetic allusions and lofty philosophical aphorisms...
...paean to America's vanquished Indian heroes, was imbued with all of the solemnity of an Indian sun dance and, unfortunately, much of its tedium. But Orfeo, a free, ever-unwinding retelling of the old legend set to Beethoven's String Quartet No. 11, summoned up the poetic suggestiveness and exquisite line that characterized his first big success, The Moor's Pavane, which is still a favorite with the American Ballet Theater. Less striking but still provocative were Dances for Isadora, which drew on the Duncan story to fashion a subtle metaphor of death-in-life...