confessional
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There’s also a “spill your beans confessional board,” where visitors can anonymously respond to prompts.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Toward the end of the evening, there was an unexpected confessional.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
What makes the album a timeless classic are its catchy melodies; shrewd arrangements that caught the culture’s disco obsession; and Mr. Scaggs’s earthy, confessional lyrics and intimate voice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Well-known works will be shown alongside never-before-seen pieces in a display that highlights painting, video, textile, neon, sculpture and more to survey Ms. Emin’s confessional approach to creating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
My mother can easily speak to a priest in a darkened confessional; can easily make an act of self-revelation using the impersonal formula of ritual contrition: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned....’
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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