To his failing, deepening vision, the image of flowers, rippling water and reflected clouds was a trip to an alternative universe, one at once cosmic and materialistic.
In the most basic sense Vertov's understanding of cinema both as a means of recording reality and as an instrument for deepening vision, transcending time and space and even transforming consciousness, puts him at the heart of all nonfiction filmmaking.
Even the usually sympathetic El Pais found her action "incomprehensible... deepening the vision of Spain as an unpredictable international ally who responds only to the stimuli of domestic policy".
Rather than deepening that vision, "Skagboys" confirms him as the British equivalent of Chuck Palahniuk, another one-hit wonder whose ambitions as a prose stylist and social critic are continually undone by his need to enthrall and disgust.
The author deepens his vision of Henry Townsend by gliding gracefully with the character back and forth through time, from his boyhood to the days after his funeral.
The very recent biography of young Eliot by Robert Crawford deepens our vision of Eliot and should be read beside Gordon's work.
Her four-years-running Colombia's National Learning Service, or SENA, a public institution dedicated to professional development, deepened this vision.
What they refuse to do, however, is widen that lens, deepen their vision, and see the Afghan people as a richly complex society that Washington will never (and should never try to) dominate and reshape into our image of a country.
It fills you with a strange sense of purpose that seems to invigorate the project and deepen the vision, even when you feel like all you've got is fireflies to follow, just the hint of heat and light out ahead, it teases you on, leads you somewhere you can barely see in the distance, toward an ancient city shrouded in fog, just waiting for you to come discover it.
The tumult Sunday seemed perched between two deepening narratives: a vision of anarchy offered by the government, and echoed by Egyptians fearing chaos, against the perspective of protesters and many others that the uprising had become what they called "a popular revolution".
"Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively".
