Word: proverb
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...most recent series of more personal works is entitled “Fu,” which, in Chinese, means both “fat” and “happiness,” derived from the Chinese proverb, “A fat man is a happy man.” In this series, he creates plump, slightly abstract figures in positions of vulnerability and intimacy, which give the viewer a comfortable sense of contentment and ease. One of these sculptures was modeled after his wife and baby son, an indescribably cute and smile-inducing image. His wife...
...Cameroonian proverb says that when a man asks questions, he cannot avoid the answers. When Menyoli asked himself what would happen if he became an Olympian, he knew the answer. "I'm such an amateur skier," he says. "It's tough." But the sport isn't really the point. Menyoli's Olympic-sized ambition is. "I want to ski for a reason," he says. "I want to tell people that they really have to watch out, that AIDS is serious." He'll deserve a medal if he gets that message across...
...Since his first breakdown, Solomon has suffered two relapses, one while writing this book. Depression is "always there, waiting in the wings." Yet he has learned to embrace his suffering, citing the Russian proverb that "if you wake up feeling no pain, you know you're dead." Depression has taught him "what it means to be human, what is good in being human." It has allowed him to come to terms with his terminally ill mother's suicide and forced him to confront his confusion over his sexuality. Solomon apologizes that "no book can span the reach of human suffering...
...people got a leg up from this intifadeh. In the first intifadeh, from 1987 to 1993, Balata was the hot zone, a beacon of Palestinians' willingness to sacrifice. But seven years of Arafat's regime have destroyed that spirit. "People follow the religion of their king," says an Arab proverb. The religion of Arafat's henchmen has been corruption. So the people of Balata have learned to be crooks...
...packed with his resonant, staccato rapping and poignant subject matter. Letter 2 My Unborn (Shakur left no children), eerie in its prescience about dying childless, is the sort of work that will nourish his mystique. Says poet Nikki Giovanni, who has studied Shakur extensively: "There's an old Nigerian proverb: You're not dead until you're forgotten." By that measure, Tupac lives...