Bryony Lavery had seen one of my articles, responded to what she read, and used it as she constructed a work of art.
Stopping for a moment, Ms. Rhea hovered over Amanda Nisbet, her best friend since childhood and an interior decorator, as she constructed a necklace from transparent ice-cube-size crystals paired with a whopping daisy pendant.
Using solid white marble as her medium, she constructs quiet, subdued worlds which invite the viewer to stare in silent reverie.
Possibly to reinforce her own identity as a strong leader, she constructs her consultant as a supportive follower who undertakes tasks 'for me' (line 12).
Nevertheless, her own accounts don't amount to straightforward autobiography, because she deliberately concealed or altered aspects of her life, as she carefully constructed her own identity and positioned herself in relation to the larger black community.
When Carol narrates her interaction with the psychiatry consultant, she constructs herself as a confident and capable leader.
Woo is not constructed as American (because an American is constructed as White), nor is she constructed as human.
Words are this active — they can harm, they can soothe; they are living creatures, participants in image and tale, just as Mary is, constructed as she is by Mr. Fox's imagination (or is she?), and even as Mr. Fox is, constructed as he is by Oyeyemi's.
Belinda Blinked follows the titular businesswoman – who works in the "pots and pans" industry – as she enacts the shoddily constructed sexual fantasies of a 60-year-old man.
Things really start to heat up when the plot moves to Capri where Bardot, constructed as she was by the hand of God, can simply not compete with the stunning interior and exterior views of the island's legendary architectural landmark, Casa Malaparte.
