Word: deadening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Carlson said she is not opposed to the construction itself, but fears that the size of the buildings would "deaden the quality of the street-scape...
Though dopamine pleasure may "take hold" and perpetuate addictive behavior, the source of the need is psychological and relational. People turn to drugs and whatever else will give them the dopamine rush, either as a misguided way of connecting or to deaden the pain of being disconnected. But cravings, though reflected in physiology, are rooted in loss and live in thoughts and in the stories we tell ourselves. They float through the mind like a poisonous cloud and plague us with a sense of need and visions of what "might have been." ROBERT GREENWAY Olympic Ecopsychology Institute Port Townsend, Wash...
Burnt Whole's set-up is a case of mistaken form-and-content parallel. The sterilization of mass memory is much more skilfully represented in specific pieces. The ICA's surgical ambiance serves only to deaden their effect. In the documentary, the art is more powerfully arranged on an exposed brick wall...
...Marx, however, reform is a completely unacceptable alternative to revolution. Reformers, he argues in The Communist Manifesto, "deaden the class struggle and reconcile the class antagonisms" by making the working class satisfied with the existing order...
...guile) are swathed in glamorous costumes and period decor. The congestion of old masters on a matron's wall suggests the confined space in which the story unfolds and the straitened notions to which Newland and Ellen must pay homage. The handsomely fussy design is meant to dazzle and deaden the viewer's senses -- as Newland is seduced by Ellen and suffocated...