Word: rebirth
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...America's great hope and opportunity lies in rediscovering the uniqueness of our institutions, in tapping anew the limitless power for human progress of our revolutionary principles. I believe that America's hope and opportunity, which is the world's hope and opportunity, is for a rebirth of Americanism in America, through a modern application to today's problems of our proven American principles...
...This will be the first ideological building in our time dedicated to the rebirth of man," Kiesler declared. Furthermore, as Bartos pointed out, "the scrolls are not visual as a Rembrandt is visual. Only scholars can actually decipher them. It was up to us to say something about them. We built up an air of mystery." This they did by burrowing the bulk of the shrine underground like a cave...
...prayers and ablutions of Islam's most sacred ritual (see following color pictures of last year's hajj). Luckily, this year there were no outbreaks of typhoid or cholera like those that have sometimes turned the hajj into a pilgrimage of death rather than spiritual rebirth...
...even in the midst of decay the seeds of rebirth took root. As early as 1744 the fierce Wahhabi movement began preaching the need for a strict return to Islamic practice, and its doctrine slowly spread through the lands of the faith. Sharply countering Moslem fatalism, the 19th century philosopher Al Afghani preached ijtihad (self-exertion), urging Islam to adapt to the currents of change in the modern world. India's Ahmadiyya movement helped revive Islam's long-dormant lust for converts. Twentieth century nationalism gradually brought independence, and a new spirit of confidence, to Islamic countries...
...Voile, a wash done in 1963-1964, contains Christ staring down from the cross at a woman and child offering him a handful of flowers. Two handprints dominate the picture's center. The wash, with its figures of guilt and atonement, birth and death, make Christ a sign of rebirth and redemption without suggesting that he removes sin and death from the world. Le Visage, a gouache done last year, is a large face surrounded by tiny nudes, flowers, and animals, Devant le Chevalet, another gouache, shows an artist with huge hands. Perhaps the next subject for Chagall will...