Word: transformative
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...takes light from objects and overexposes it in real time. The technique allowed audience members to use anything that emitted light to “paint” an image projected onto a screen.“It’s quite remarkable how a technology like that can transform the way people see themselves,” Croft says. “Suddenly people can be artists in a very real sense.”At the most recent colloquium, which was held on Tuesday, Jill Peterson, a researcher from RISD, presented a fabric bike lock she designed, which...
...large drapery hangs from the entrance of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, detailing the evolution of Harvard’s art museums throughout the decades. One word, printed in thick, black letters, spreads out across the center: transformation. The word serves as a harbinger, a visible indicator of the drastic changes that have and will continue to transform the arts at Harvard. Yet despite this push for reform—the most recent form of which is the renovation of the Fogg Art Museum—a significant amount of work goes into keeping one thing from ever changing...
Before we criticize, we should look at the ends. This is politics; if different means transform the end (and, in the real world, this means winning or losing elections), it’s worth it to alter our tactics...
...desire to be entertained, not to be preached to. With every ticket they buy, moviegoers aren’t necessarily endorsing the views of the actors they see on the screen. Celebrities are agents of entertainment, not the “elect” who are destined to transform our society for the better. They are merely a group of people with the rare ability to make their audiences laugh and cry on cue, and such talent is merely a matter of good fortune. And why should we allow people whose “prominence” is as arbitrary...
...Most of the auto dealers take low mileage trade-ins and, after a few modest repairs, sell them as nearly new. They even carry a warranty. A car dealer with skilled mechanics and parts from the original manufacturer can take a four- or five-year-old car and transform it into one that operates like a one-year old car with a modest amount of work. It is profitable work for the car dealer and the car company which supplies the parts. It helps keep parts manufacturers in business and pushes up sales through the entire chain of industries that...