Darren Aronofsky, to judge from this movie and from his previous films "Pi" and "Requiem for a Dream," is a dark and dedicated soul.
The sportswriter Red Smith described him, late in his career, as "a brooding genius, a darkly dedicated soul who walks in a lonely majesty, a prophet without honor, an artist whom nobody, but nobody, understands".
After all, the elevation of craft, or anything else, requires bodies: dedicated souls willing to learn the basics, bend the rules and inspire disciples.
A few other dedicated souls join the president's cabinet, and the latest of these looks likely to be Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, who was nominated last week to become George Bush's next secretary of the interior.
I've also known dedicated souls who work a job to pay their rent while they steal scraps of hours to devote to their soul's goals.
"Studio 60," meanwhile, springs from the forehead of Aaron Sorkin, who, as in "The West Wing," has created a wonky romantic fantasy-drama about how heroically dedicated souls, bound together in a chaotic workplace, can triumph over a corrupt and venal system.
Mr. Casden posted his discovery in an Internet newsgroup dedicated to soul music, and the word was out.
Franz Liszt claimed, "They even whispered that he had dedicated his soul to the Evil One and that the fourth string of his violin was made of his wife's intenstine, which he himself had cut out".
A musician, DJ, performer, producer, arranger and songwriter, curator, and journalist, Jason is also the host and curator of NPR&B, a 24/7 streaming radio channel on NPR dedicated to soul and R&B.
A few years older than the state he has dedicated his soul to, his fertile imagination has held a creative mirror up to this young society and played a significant role in shaping modern Israel's self-image.
The shrine is dedicated to souls of about 2.5 million Japanese men, women and children who died for their country since that time.
