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But even if you are aware of that, abstractly, it can be hard to really grasp the implications.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2025

Even then, impressive as it was, with magnificently disciplined dancers dashing on a peat-moss floor, it was clear that this was the kind of old-school abstractly modernist ballet that Bausch had outgrown.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2024

"It showed us literally, and not just abstractly, that queer alternatives are possible in our country."

From BBC Jul. 25, 2023

Then, he transfers the pigment of the photocopy onto an abstractly painted canvas — carefully using a toothbrush to remove the paper — and then paints on architectural line drawings.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

And yet, positively: The ability to consider experience so abstractly allowed me to shape into desire what would otherwise have remained indefinite, meaningless longing in the British Museum.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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