The dance is beautiful and harrowing, and, for the first half, draws us into a strange, potent world of memory and self-discovery.
When I finally landed in New York, twenty years ago, my first job was as a research assistant for Arthur and Barbara Gelb, royalty in the small but potent world of O'Neill obsessives; the Gelbs had been writing devotedly about O'Neill for half a century.
Pick your reasons: the novelty of the Yankees playing in the late fall, the still-potent world of broadcast TV, the matchup of major markets or the appearance that year of the "Seinfeld" episode in which George Steinbrenner craves calzones.
Sunny's memories assume such a potent reality that the world around him slowed and hastened, respectively, by drink and by a family of his own sometimes seems to him a kind of solipsistic dream.
Sunny's memories assume such a potent reality that the world around him — slowed and hastened, respectively, by drink and by a family of his own — sometimes seems to him a kind of solipsistic dream.
Formerly, Cobb worked as a solo act, an independent gleaner of the found objects of other lives; now, to create potent fictitious worlds within another mind, he puts together a team of specialists, and their discussions to plot the steps needed for a successful inception resemble nothing more than story conferences and script meetings.
We are now confronted by a potent, real-world example.
Black's initiative was already potent and the world champion soon cracked.
Both books make it clear how potent the plant world is, how full our gardens are of dangerous and healing specimens.
The Jungle Books have all the elements I want my books to have: beautifully textured poetic prose, a richly imagined world, potent emotions, big ideas, page-turning action, and at their heart, a magnificent unlikely hero.
It's a great place to explore by bike, but I opt for a hike with a ranger and discover a mind-blowing diversity of plant life: 60% of plants here are used by locals for medicinal purposes, and the aloe vera is said to be the most potent in the world.
