They offset a teeming world of slippery and lost objects by partially becoming, embodying, and metamorphosing into these impossible objects of desire.
The United States was becoming a nation, embodied in the Capitol.
Through an ethnographic study of how consumers perceive and experience Louis Vuitton flagship stores, we show that luxury stores are becoming hybrid institutions, embodying elements of both art galleries and museums, within a context of exclusivity emblematic of luxury.
The very temples of coffee I waxed about in a previous post--Blue Bottle, Stumptown, Cafe Grumpy, among others--though fast becoming New York fixtures, embody an attitude towards coffee which is utterly un-New York.
23 The desire to consume food is also embodied and becoming increasing important as a topic in aging.
What counted most of all was the fame and supreme glory of becoming an Olympic victor, embodying the concept of arête, or excellence.
Kûkai's elucidation of these three aspects provide both a theoretical and a practical grounding for his own conception of sokushinjôbutsu or "becoming Buddha in this very embodied existence," by clarifying both its possibility and its method.
Everything that recreational drugs represent in the US escapism, socializing, a means of becoming an axe-wielding dwarf is embodied here in gaming.
It could embody artistic energy, becoming not just a tool but a source of inspiration in its own right.
Mandela embraced a new identity, embodying change by becoming a man who, at his 1994 inauguration as South Africa's president, invited his white prison guards to stand with him.
