His surgical skill seems, in his telling, like a compensatory gift from God: afflicted with poor eyesight, he discovered that he had a knack for spatial visualization, making him well suited to navigate the delicate tangle of a child's brain.
The work gives the illusion of being made of thread that seems as real as the delicate tangle of actual black wire tacked to the painting's center, but the wires' existence is cast into doubt by the optical patterns of the lines.
Squint one eye, especially at the nervous almost shimmering lines and ambiguous expressions of Daumier's ink drawings, and from him descends both the ribaldry and torment of German Expressionism and Francis Bacon, and the delicate tangles of Giacometti and Pollock.
There are few pleasures more reliable in Los Angeles than the lamb barbacoa at My Taco in Highland Park: a delicate, spicy tangle of long-cooked meat crisped on hot metal, blackened at the edges, caramelized to a sweet, subtle gaminess.
The next stage of Aβ-induced tau phosphorylation is a more frequent presence of fibrils (Fig. 3e), and finally the Aβ-induced tau pathology amounts to a delicate network of dystrophic processes (Fig. 3f), including neurofibrillary tangles.
A carpaccio of beef with a small tangle of wild mushrooms and delicate Parmesan chips is likewise flavorful, likewise welcome, as are thinly sliced artichokes with soft baby arugula swaddled in bracing lemon, with more of those cheese chips.
They are also typically in a delicate state of conservation.
Liquid water needs a delicate balance of temperature and pressure.
Outstanding healthcare design requires a delicate balance of interdependent characteristics.
A delicate division of labour enables supplying to niche demand.
