Almost every society has evolved a symbol system whereby, at first glance, strange objects and odd types of behaviour appear to the outside observer to have irrational meanings and seem to evoke odd, unwarranted cognitions and emotions.
Ms. Osserman uses Ms. Bittova as a force of nature in the work, and whether singing, growling, mumbling or clucking, her presence seems to blow the six dancers one way or another, cause them to coalesce in groups or scatter, or evoke odd animalistic gestures and behavior.
It was followed two years later by the English-language "Factotum," whose very title evokes odd jobs and whose hero, played by Matt Dillon, never lasted more than a day or two in any of them.
His songs often evoke an odd but intense form of pleasure: the kind you get from fighting a noble but losing battle, from refusing to admit the obvious.
Compelled by the high gold horizons of this old countryside, even as it was undergoing the assault of big-field farming in the 1950s and 1960s, Baker developed a new style with which to evoke its odd magnificence.
Adam Gopnik writes in the magazine this week about how the Olympics evoke an odd sort of internationalist nationalism — a willingness, for a few weeks every four years, to learn the rules of team handball, or rhythmic gymnastics, or dressage, and celebrate the sports and the athletes who represent us.
(Some of the sweet scents drift toward a vaguely bubblegum-y aroma, while the savoury smells, like the burger, evoke an odd combination of meat and perfume).
(Some of the sweet scents drift toward a vaguely bubblegum-y aroma, while the savory smells, like the burger, evoke an odd combination of meat and perfume).
Though the first two stories, being fables set in distant times, make entertaining use of Mr. Millhauser's patented gift for evoking the odd, the magical and the bizarre, they do not amplify or illuminate the myths they are based on and end up feeling like writing-class assignments in theme and variation.
For me, as a rabbi and millennial, the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate's promulgation evokes an odd mixture of upset and profound gratitude.
Of course it may seem odd to evoke any international presence at this time, given Israel's refusal to allow a United Nations fact-finding team in Jenin.
