Despite the blandness of my physical surroundings, my eyes told me I was immersed in an icy scene straight out of "Game of Thrones".
1.08pm GMT Here's an icy scene from Chicago: Francisco Delgado (@1francesco) @fredonair I'm in Lincoln Square and definitely not going anywhere today.
The "one white quiet thing" suggests finality, but then, seemingly, life continues, the page of the book the protagonist holds containing an "icy scene" described as "pitiless and horizontal".
Some paint Norwegian flags and icy scenes, others write messages.
Harington, who stands at 5 foot 8 and is piled on with heavy costumes for his icy scenes, added that it took a bit of an effort to look the part of Jon Snow -- he had to grow out his hair and beard for the role that originally eyed 14-year-olds in the pilot.
This icy view from space.
Literature's wintry scenes, whether happy or sad, stick in our minds for obvious reasons: We enjoy seeing characters open Christmas presents or we cringe at the stress that icy conditions heap on shivering protagonists (especially non-affluent ones).
I stopped at the mouth of the Brule River, where it empties into the big lake, for a surreal winter scene: icy dunes eight feet tall, formed in layers by frozen lapping waves; a parade of mini-icebergs farther off shore, blown here from all over the lake; and a peal, like crystal chimes, of ice shards dancing atop the open water.
The first opera moment comes from Act III of Puccini's "Turandot," especially the moment when icy Princess Turandot enters the scene, and the orchestra blazes the Chinese theme associated with her.
In this engaging retrospective, his wilderness scenes of icy mountains, remote lakes and lonesome houses rendered in a simplifying style like Georgia O'Keeffe's have a poignant romanticism and visionary radiance (Johnson).
But all of these things are learned with time, and it's clear that Snowball has made an icy mark on the festival scene, and is sure to bring the heat for round two, in 2012.
