He said of Lowry's appeal: "There is something about the figures in his pictures that intrigues me; all seem to be locked in thought, some pressing forward upon a personal errand, some gazing melancholy into the distance, others about to say something to the figure next to them.
Their choice to accept us forces them to dwell, so to speak, at the limits of their real natures, which they continually transcend with their human gazes and melancholy snouts.
Pamuk's gaze is characteristically melancholy, in two ways.
Behind her the rest of the band worked through different styles: enthusiastic psychedelia, mopey shoe-gaze rock, hints of melancholy country, the occasional prog-rock progression, pacing that recalled trip-hop, and more.
But, if he did, I'm sure he gazed on them with melancholy and with secret envy".
Some extraordinary vignettes flash by, like a shot of a bored-looking movie cashier who gazes into space like a melancholy girl in a Hopper painting.
Leaning with one elbow on a large, open book, her long hair flowing over its pages and a skull nestled under her arm, she gazes heavenward with a pious, melancholy expression.
So it should say, 'Thou shalt not kill except for x, y and z.' " A pale, earnest, melancholy man with a wispy moustache, an unblinking gaze and a bristling carpet of hair, Mr. Vollmann speaks slowly, with great deliberation.
I gaze for a long time at the melancholy gold laundry of the setting sun".
He goes on: "It represents the youth reclining against the back of his chair pensively gazing at -- nothing, and looking most melancholy..
A lot happened in the mournful, exciting and majestically melancholy season finale, but for my money, none of the special effects could match Maisie Williams' gaze as Arya watched the Hound's agony on that rocky hillside.
