Word: smile
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this grim, gray-faced man? Where are the smile, the twinkling eyes, the great white mane of hair? Virginia Duquette, CENTERVILLE, MASS...
When Bren Bataclan started the Smile Project six years ago, he never anticipated that it would spread to 25 states and 35 countries. Yet the project, which Bataclan developed in Boston, has built up a worldwide following as it spreads its message of cheerfulness.The concept of the Smile Project involves Bataclan leaving paintings in public spaces, with a note inviting passers-by to take the painting. His only request was that in exchange, they make an effort to smile at strangers. Bataclan was inspired by his perception that smiles were something lacking in everyday life. “I went...
...students to “Pull out and iron out all of those job rejection letters and failed midterms wrinkled and inside your trashcan AND/OR think up all of your favorite recent pfail stories,” post them on the wall anonymously or signed, then “Smile & feel accomplished/cleansed” and finally “Read all the other posts and stop feeling like you are all alone in your troubles. Pfailure is pfun...
...students to “Pull out and iron out all of those job rejection letters and failed midterms wrinkled and inside your trashcan AND/OR think up all of your favorite recent pfail stories,” post them on the wall anonymously or signed, then “Smile & feel accomplished/cleansed” and finally “Read all the other posts and stop feeling like you are all alone in your troubles. Pfailure is pfun...
Philosophers call it the “substratum,” and chefs call it “umami,” but the universal word for it is “subtlety.” It’s that Mona-Lisa-smile component that separates the merely good from the eternally memorable. Thousands of people have tried to describe it, but to little—if any—avail. And so the movie “The Burning Plain,” written and directed by the Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, is the latest work to remind...