It was fascinating, even if at times the portentous voiceover – "this art, like nature, in perpetual change"; "since the dawn of…" – had me wanting to quote Mr Burns in The Simpsons: "Ever since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun".
Language is in perpetual change, and those little faces hold true power.
You've hardly arrived when you see a film of Loie Fuller's 1897-99 "DanSerpentineIIe (II)." In this the performer is never static; the billowing lines she makes with her costume are in perpetual change.
By contrast, for Plato what has no place is the perceptible society of the here and now, in perpetual change, subject to all sorts of evils and incapable of taking human beings to where their true essence leads them.
He was quickly tagged as a bust after recording only 14 tackles in his first two seasons with the Rams, but he points out that he had to deal with perpetual change during his time in St . Louis making it appear as though he was a poor fit in an N.F.L. system.
This perpetual change which goes on in the United States, these frequent vicissitudes of fortune, these unforeseen fluctuations in private and public wealth, serve to keep the minds of the people in a perpetual feverish agitation, which admirably invigorates their exertions and keeps them, so to speak, above the ordinary level of humanity.
Even the weight of the skyscrapers, constantly on the rise in a conurbation in the throes of perpetual change, is contributing to Bangkok's gradual immersion.
The documentary includes an archival clip from a talk show from decades ago, where you say, "Any healthy country, like any healthy individual, should be in perpetual revolution, perpetual change". Is that how you see yourself?
Becoming a high-quality leader in times of perpetual change means knowing which skills to cultivate.
