On their latest album, "Powerplant," Tividad and Tucker have refined their talents for penning evocative lyrics of healing and heartache, which often recall sweet dreams one wakes up from just a moment too soon.
Effigy implies to me that there are images to be found here of individuals who have carved out a place for themselves, sculpted as much as painted a shared experience, the experience of the outsider, the one who refines their talents, in spite of the social marginalization that results from it.
Whispers of collusion were as mean-spirited as they were wrong, the work of those inside and outside tennis who cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that the sisters have refined their talent to a level others simply cannot match.
Others have refined their talent for fictional living to the point where it's almost undetectable.
Meanwhile, our greatest architectural talents labored in near obscurity, quietly refining their craft in university studios and competitions that rarely led to real commissions.
Now they were refining their technique.
The police are clearly refining their tactics.
Still, Web companies continue refining their techniques.
Savages spent the year refining their show.
Companies will need to refine their employee experience and create fertile ground for talent to excel, e.g., continuously upgrading technology and allowing talent to pursue their own interests and projects.
As many young idealists know too well, trying to make a living as a skilled performing artist in England is a grim prospect indeed, and many talents quit because there is no serious policy to help them work and refine their skills.
