Smoking and drinking incessantly (as a symptom of a mounting depression that terminates in 1970 with suicide), he's unable to stop blurting his beliefs about the reasons art must thrive in the superficially serene, deeply discomforting 1950s.
The family portraits — tableaux of love and ambivalence — express the central idea in Struth's work: the humbling force of superficially serene but deeply irrational relationships, beginning with the one between the photographer and the world.
Together, the six-piece give the aching melancholy of songs like new single "No One's Gonna Love You" an overpowering beauty, but more than anything, it's Bridwell's serene and deeply comforting voice that seems to transfix the crowd.
Justice Black minded deeply, but he maintained a serene confidence in the ultimate goodness of his people.
She's got strong hands that dig deeply into my muscles and a serene presence that just makes me feel good when I see her.
"I was deeply offended and very surprised," said the ordinarily serene Mr. Kovalevsky, in a white turtleneck sweater and a leather jacket, ensconced in a leather seat in the back of his speeding car.
I noticed the frayed tie, the shabby jacket, the waxen face with its clean, beautiful bones and serene eyes... " It is a deeply moving picture of a man utterly devoted to music whose life ended tragically.
I inhaled the air as deeply as I could, opening all of my senses, drawing in every scent, trying to sear this serene, spectacular scene into raw flesh, to carry with me forever, to carry with me for the ages.
The long setup culminates in a series of grand, serene insights, which also turn the film's title from a dryly comic refrain to a deeply satisfying, cathartic revelation.
