Word: everydayness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...identical to the cosmological patterns depicted on the lintels of ancient temples at Yaxchilan and other Maya sites. By marking their clothing with the symbols of their ancestors, the Maya artisans build a material link to pre-Columbian gods -- and the indelible spirit of their cultural past. "Depictions of everyday life do not occur in the weaving," notes Walter F. Morris Jr., a Seattle-based anthropologist and author of Living Maya. "It's always something supernatural, something dreamt, something you can only see in dreams...
Just how different the Maya were is clear from their everyday lives, on which archaeologists are increasingly focusing. From the contents of graves and burial caches, the architecture of ordinary houses, and scenes painted on pottery, Demarest and others are learning what an average Maya day was like...
Jeremy is accosted one day in a café by an artist, Lady Henrietta, who pains nude men-not only quintessential nude men such as Michelangelo's David, but also and to great effect the average, flawed specimens that are commonly found in everyday life. Her modus operandi consists of approaching strage men and offering them sums of money to pose for her...in her home studio...
...everyday experience of getting cash from the corner bank after hours is the jumping-off point for Orion. Nancy Whittredge, a reporter for an all-news radio station, is accosted after leaving the bank lobby by two thugs with a gun who take her to an abandoned garage and rape her repeatedly. Later she's forced to return to the machine and withdraw the rest of the money from her account...
...felt people there would look at me and think I'm only there because of affirmative action," says Jones, a resident of Los Angeles, who will be attending Duke University in the fall. "That's something I would have to deal with everyday of my life...