Ibn Hazm provided a polemical list of what he considered "chronological and geographical inaccuracies and contradictions; theological impossibilities (anthropomorphic expressions, stories of fornication and whoredom, and the attributing of sins to prophets), as well as lack of reliable transmission (tawatur) of the text", Hava Lazarus-Yafeh states.
After years of posing for photos like a brooding 60s version of Heathcliff, here he is, a little disheveled, with wonky teeth and a rueful expression, telling stories to illustrate "how childish I am".
Each era brings its own allegorical terrors, and in the 1970s, a golden age of horror cinema, the aftershocks of the 1960s found expression in stories about diabolically terrifying spawn who, with their swiveling heads and annihilating violence, were grotesque embodiments of a generational anxiety.
"It's a safe space for expression: telling stories, sharing experiences," Robertson said.
I will highlight projects in this area underway at the Lab for Social Machines including SpeechBlocks, designed to support learning letter-to-sound mappings through play, and StoryBlocks, designed to support self-expression through story telling and story remixing.
Eyes, expressions, silent stories float across the space, recreating that sense of intimacy that comes when face to face with another human being.
The concept of abstraction was gaining currency in dance as it was in all the visual arts: choreographers including George Balanchine were attracted to movement as shape and line rather than as the expression of story and character.
Media pluralism is essential for all voices to be heard, to allow all to participate in sharing the diversity of cultural expressions, opinions, stories and information.
Creative expression is about stories and about the justice that comes when human beings really see each other.
She is animated on the court again, her expression telling the story of how the game is going for Rutgers.
