And the lonely people in this work — who are haunted by the passing of time, so palpably felt in this carefully paced tale that it feels like its own character — often seem rather absurd.
We fully know only those facts that are "warm, moist, incarnated," and palpably felt: "A man has not seen a thing who has not felt it" (Journal, 2/23/60).
"I can palpably feel the oxygen sucked out of the room," Andy Baio, one of Kickstarter's creators, tweeted.
Amado's own presence is perhaps most palpably felt at the museum on Pelourinho Square that bears his name.
The force of his personality, palpably felt here, leads us to give him a fair share of both credit and blame.
The children may be absent -- the photographs were taken on Sunday mornings or in the evenings -- but their presence is almost palpably felt.
Communal support and excitement could be palpably felt Saturday afternoon at the Museum of Modern Art, when the French choreographer Jérôme Bel staged a new version of "The Show Must Go On" (2001) as part of the museum's "Some sweet day" series.
But the pathos in Didi and Gogo's need for each other, and the anguish in their desire to escape their plight, are not palpably felt in Mr. Asmus's production.
Bush was not the only experienced politician on the stage who palpably felt the momentum of the presidential contest move in their direction, away from the hitherto ascendant "outsiders".
You could palpably feel the discomfort of the audience -- loving Caesar, thrilled he was there, but awkward at seeing him a shell of himself and out of it.
Sadly a year later Maestro would die in an accident in Dominica and his loss was palpably felt by Shorty, who penned "Higher World" as a tribute.
