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...unclear whether Caden’s family has been abroad for a few weeks or a few years, and characters seem to age indiscriminately and disproportionately to one another. Meanwhile, Caden’s theater piece evolves from the abstract—a “pure, honest theater”—to a realized vision, to a new vision of reality itself. Actors’ daily performances take place under Caden’s watchful direction and the concave glass ceiling of the enormous warehouse he’s purchased to stage the piece. The set design...
...Frederick blinked at the radiance. Wordlessly, she reached out her arms. “O, my America!” Frederick gasped, his voice soft with longing. “My New-Found-Land!” Roxanna guided him toward her. Frederick hesitated. She was so pure, so good. But Roxanna’s hands were insistent. “Frederick,” she whispered. “I am your temple.” Her rosebud lips opened in a wordless gasp as she drew him against her. Frederick shuddered with the ecstasy of liberation. As their...
...Sorrow” and “Death.” The language is simple, making repeated use of nature as an illustrative symbol. Gibran indeed relies heavily on lyrical analogies to convey his philosophical theories. For those among us unversed in reading pure philosophy, Gibran is thus doing us a favor. On child-rearing, for instance, he writes: “Your children are not your children / they come through you but not from you / and though they are with you yet they belong not to you / you are the bows from which your children as living arrows...
...Symphony in Three Movements” was next, continuing the feeling of locomotion that “Flying Machine” had established. Despite shaky intonation at the beginning of the piece, the orchestra played with appropriately dry, exact rhythm, supported by the remarkably pure tone of the French horns. The first clarinet (Billy T. Marks ’11) delivered a nuanced solo, and the orchestra maneuvered quick changes from quick rhythmic jabs to charming, almost sarcastic melodic sections. The second movement began with a sweet, floating melody, with sparkling duets from the flutes and oboes. Later, the mood...
...impact on early voting in swing districts of states won by George W. Bush in 2004. The crowds are a mix of long-time supporters and targeted fence sitters, though when you're pushing 100,000 it seems more like everyone and their brother. And the speeches are pure gravy: light on policy and full of Obama's greatest hits, from variations on his 2004 Democratic National Convention line "We are more than a collection of Red States and Blue States; we are the United States of America," to his trademark riff...