Their collections are always thoroughly self-conscious, drawing inspiration from their direct environment and using it to create characters, rather than trying to do it the other way around.
Is there really a subconscious or even conscious draw towards buying products that feature people in one's own likeness over the likeness of others?
"So if you can make it ugly for political reasons," she said, "then you should be able to make it ugly for racial reasons in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act". Mr. Everett insists that the Justice Department unconstitutionally required the Legislature to engage in race-conscious drawing of district lines, and that the state compounded the error by complying.
To create the handicapped, self-conscious Laura, Williams drew on his love for and understanding of his mentally unstable older sister, Rose.
Anecdotal information provided by the magazines -- based on surveys and profiles of their Facebook and Twitter followers -- suggests that most of the readers are young, fashion-conscious women drawn by the approachable tone.
Jelena Marelj's study examines five linguistically self-conscious characters drawn from the genres of history, tragedy and comedy, which continue to be subjects of extensive critical debate: Falstaff, Cleopatra, Henry V, Katherine from The Taming of the Shrew, and Hamlet.
But if the movie succeeds in instilling a wary sense of "there but for the grace of God," it is far too self-conscious to draw you deeply into its world.
In the family's small, dark sitting room, Laura spends hours polishing her collection of delicate figurines, which Amanda calls her "glass menagerie". To create the handicapped, self-conscious Laura, Williams drew on his love for and understanding of his mentally unstable older sister, Rose.
The distinction I'm drawing between conscious thoughts and unconscious feelings is crucial.
But the birthplace of Fellini has been reborn as Italy's bling party capital, drawing style-conscious Romans to its raging club scene, cool boîtes and designer hotels, most notably the new DuoMo hotel (www.duomohotel.com) designed by Ron Arad.
