The Greek traveler and geographer Pausanias, in Description of Greece, Book IX, said it was more likely that Narcissus, to console himself for the death of his beloved twin sister, his exact counterpart, sat gazing into the spring to recall her features.
Lopez also convinced me that lyricism is a function of precision – and that exact and exacting attention to the natural world is a kind of moral gaze.
Lindeman's voice has acquired a new depth, a smoky, distant, intriguing quality, while both musically and lyrically this is an intricately constructed piece, exacted with a cool gaze and sensuality reminiscent of Joni Mitchell or Leonard Cohen.
Norton wasn't so concerned about the exact age of the figure — what appealed to him was the idol's skyward gaze.
A giant image of Orwell, a far more benign but still exacting Big Brother, gazed down at the sweltering guests from behind the podium.
He chose spots in the Studio 54 theater to fix his gaze, at the exact height where Harvey's face would be, and developed a series of hand gestures when Elwood was speaking to or making way for the rabbit.
I lay on a flat rock carved with an imprint in the exact shape of Edward James and gazed up, as he must once have done, at the sunlight filtering through the trees.
it's midafternoon, the sun is hitting your hair the exact right angle, and i'm gazing at you but you fail to notice — you're too engaged in your book.
His new film, "Inherent Vice," which opens on December 12th, stars Phoenix; it will be fascinating to see whether Anderson once more casts such an exacting and demanding camera-gaze upon him.
This would certainly explain why they share many touchstones with our world, while also having two moons for the characters to gaze up at and trees willing to exact revenge.
