Word: vision
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ambition." I think it's more than that. It's the idea that life is a track; that every significant endeavor somehow has to be reduced to being a jumping-off point for the next, better endeavor; that things do not happen to us through luck or exceptional vision or untutored talent but rather through a series of well-calculated moves; that "successful" is something we will become in the future, not something we can be right now. And it's the idea that a career is something that already exists, that finding one's way in the world involves...
...much that we don't even think about it. But what does it really mean to be yourself? Does it mean "living up to your potential"? Not if "potential" implies someone else's conception of your talents instead of your own. Being yourself means believing that your own vision of what the world should be is a worthy one, and being yourself means wanting to live by that vision. It means doing things that we enjoy doing. It means studying what we want to study, not what we think other people might find impressive someday. It means doing things because...
...Widor said once that to play the organ you have to have a vision of the eternal. It has to become part of your life," says Forger, describing the music he plays--mostly centuries-old Baroque and French Romantic work--as both practice fare and casual listening...
This production--the first Broadway revival since the original was premiered over 40 years ago--strives for clarity of vision, both in expressing Anne's emotions and systematically portraying how each member of her family copes with their tragic situation. Playwright Wendy Kesselman has carefully adapted and seamlessly integrated the new material with the original. These additions, mostly accounts of Anne's developing sexuality and her stormy relations with her mother and sister, were edited out of the original publication of the diary by Anne's father Otto Frank, the sole survivor of the family. Since Frances Goodrich and Albert...
...their subjects, and their fascination proves infectious. We cringe at the sight of the dentist's drill and laugh at one clumsy dancer in the disco, knowing all too well that our moves are never as great we think they are. The generosity and empathy of Fischli and Weiss' vision proves that they're never laughing at us, but always laughing with us. And unlike so many exhibitions of critical '80s art, there isn't a one-liner in the show.Photo courtesy of the ICAMORBID CURIOSITY: Cigarette butt citizens ogle a sausagemobile in Fishli and Weiss' photograph "The Accident...