He is not the inspirational conductor exhorting players to great things, but rather a man so in control of every detail, and so reliable in matters of gesture at critical junctures, that players enjoy a confidence that lets them be themselves.
It might even be true: a year of public shaming seems to be nudging the industry towards something, even if it's just a matter of token gestures.
The paint makes almost no incursion on to the frame, so that the sensitive subject appears contained within a structure which is itself only partly defined, a matter of decorous gestures that the suffusion of blushing challenges but does not yet break free of.
But I'm like this now," he says, matter-of-factly and gesturing with his prosthetic arm to his metal legs, fitted into a pair of black trainers.
For instance, after evenings with some of the city's rich young elite, Venkatesh takes a couple of pages to describe the way they vomit: the matter-of-factness of the gesture.
"Yes, this is the rocket-launching site, and my rocket is just here," he says, gesturing matter-of-factly to an upright cylinder with an egg-shaped hole for breathing.
The Düsseldorf school's basic style combines elements of the linearism and drawing techniques of the Neoclassicists with the subject matter and gesture of the Romantics.
"Art becomes a matter of attitudes and gestures.
When the matter of her statement and gesture arose on Wednesday morning, Mr. Master, the prosecutor, told Judge Daniels that her conduct was "unprofessional and not befitting an attorney," but perhaps the case was "too much," he said.
It was a matter of territory and a gesture of defiance by a tribe whose members lived only to take care of one another and express themselves in the high surf.
