We are likely to put it somewhere on the spectrum between uncomfortably coarse and painfully bleak – one powerful marker of the distance between the Roman world and our own.
So I was fewer than 30 pages into Anne Lamott's powerful and painfully honest novel when a chill of recognition shot through me.
Earlier this year he released an opus of pure viewing pleasure called the Pulp Art Book, which features photographs capturing an array of powerful and painfully sexy personas portrayed by his wife and muse, Joni Harbeck, in a raw 70s aesthetic.
It's the most action-packed story from animation legend Hayao Miyazaki, whose 76th birthday is tomorrow, and it packs rich characters, painfully relevant themes, and a a powerful female protagonist into a meticulously hand-drawn 140-minute feature. .
Mr. Hutton is painfully vulnerable and enraged, and Donald Sutherland is gently, effortlessly powerful as the father.
Consider them a companion to my review yesterday, which covered the big points like the touch-screen keyboard (adequate with practice), the AT&T Internet network (painfully slow) and the iPhone's overall character (fun, powerful, amazing).
The aromas were piercing, almost painfully so, and while the wine was dry, it was excruciatingly powerful and overwhelming.
The quietly spoken and painfully shy Calvi whispering over the phone is at odds with the powerful and confident frontwoman seen on stage, alternately caressing and tearing at her guitar, her deep, rich singing voice reverberating across a room.
Joyful, colorful, powerful, sometimes a bit terrifying, but, for me, at certain moments, painfully touching.
